Colchester United - Crawley Town: League Two cellar sides desperate for points and praise. Here are all the relevant stats and news before the game!
- Colchester United is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Colchester United nor Crawley Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Colchester United form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 233 minutes without scoring a league goal. Nouble was the last player to find the net.
The supporters are hoping that Colchester United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Newport County (placed 18th). Dallison was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.04 out of 10. The defender Dallison won 5 of 9 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Colchester lost 0-1 at Swindon Town's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colchester United handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 13 league games, 10 have produced two goals or less.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stevenage are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Colchester United here at JobServe Community Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Colchester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Colchester United has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Crawley Town form and stats
Crawley Town have only collected 3 points from their away games in the League Two, after 0-3-4 (7 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Crawley are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Impressive finishing from Nadesan (2) and Nichols secured the home win 3-2 against Mansfield Town in their previous game. The attacker Nadesan got a match rating of 8.64 in that game. Nadesan scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Aston Villa U21 in the EFL Trophy (5-2). Crawley Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Goal alert! This side have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Crawley Town manager Young as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bradford City.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crawley Town as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Crawley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Crawley Town have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Colchester United.Top Goalscorers
  A. Nadesan 4 goals |   N. Chilvers 3 goals | J. Tilley 3 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Crawley Town missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 43% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 8.1 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 37% |
| 11.4 | 10.3 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 15 | 13.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- Colchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Colchester United is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in League Two
- Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Salford City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Barrow | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Walsall | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Newport County | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 9 |
