Colchester United have performed better than Crawley Town so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Colchester United form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Colchester United have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Exeter City in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Leyton Orient with a 3-1 scoreline.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Colchester United matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from five games).
There will be little rest for Colchester United after this match as they are travelling to Stevenage for a League Two game in only three days.
The Colchester United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Colchester United have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crawley Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crawley Town so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-5 (win-draw-lose).
Crawley Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Grimsby Town (placed 21st). A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Northampton Town.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Crawley Town playing away, we found five games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
After this away game Crawley Town return home for a League Two game against Forest Green Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Crawley Town have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crawley Town have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Colchester United and Crawley Town have met before this season: Crawley Town - Colchester United 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colchester United 4 wins, 1 draw and Crawley Town 5 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lubala 9 goals |   L. Norris 6 goals |  T. Robinson 6 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Colchester United | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 91% | 91% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 65% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 30% | 27% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 92% | 67% |
| 30% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 22% | 18% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 308 | 163 | 91 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 155 | 350 |
| 104 | 56 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 44 | 96 |
| 33% | 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 34% | 32% |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 37 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Newport County | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 23 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 17 |