Victory to the hosting team is expected from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Crewe Alexandra followers are hopeful that the contrast between 7th and Colchester United's 18th position in the table will show on the ground.
- Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have scored more than double the goals of Colchester United.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Crewe Alexandra have to build on here at Alexandra Stadium in the League Two.
Crewe Alexandra travelled for their previous game, a trip to AFC Wimbledon that ended 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against AFC Wimbledon as Nevitt's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Nevitt was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against AFC Wimbledon after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Demetriou, defender, was given a rating of 7.12/10 in that game, top of the team. Demetriou won 9 of 16 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Forest Green Rovers with a 4-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Crewe Alexandra perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alexandra as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Crewe Alexandra has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Goals are plentiful at Alexandra Stadium in the league this season as Crewe Alexandra has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Colchester United form and stats
Colchester United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a EFL Trophy home loss versus Tottenham U21 with 0-5 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Mansfield Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Colchester United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Colchester United, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Colchester United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Crewe Alexandra-Colchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alexandra four wins, Colchester United four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Nevitt 4 goals |  C. Baker-Richardson 3 goals |  C. Long 3 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6.8 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | 13.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 51% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 40% | 25% |
| 15.9 | 16.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 15 | 14.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 5.7 |
- All of Crewe Alexandra's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Crewe Alexandra have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra have scored more than double the goals of Colchester United.
- Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in League Two
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gillingham | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Notts County | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Barrow | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Newport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Walsall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Salford City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -8 | 7 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 3 |
