League Two duel: Close contest expected between Crawley Town and Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 12.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (6134 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Crawley Town have their presumed home advantage while Colchester United are ahead 3 points in the League Two table.

The visiting Colchester United played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match.

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Crawley Town form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Crawley Town so far this season.

Crawley Town lost their last game at Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Norwich City U21 with the scoreline 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crawley Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won 7 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

Crawley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The People's Pension Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Crawley Town have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Colchester United form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Colchester United have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.

There were no winners in Colchester United's previous match, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 1-1 vs Tottenham U21. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Stevenage.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colchester United playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Colchester United wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Colchester United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crawley Town 5 wins, 2 draws and Colchester United 3 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Lubala
6 goals
O. Palmer
4 goals / 1 assists
L. Norris
4 goals / 1 assists

Crawley Town missing players

Colchester United missing players

Crawley Town Colchester United
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 6 12
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 1 0 Drew D 2 2 4
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
19 9 2 Scored S 3 7 15
19 7 2 Conceded C 4 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
83% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 58%
67% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 42%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 17%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 50%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 25%
 
7.2 7.8 9 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 4.7 4.8
5.3 5.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 4.2 3.5
1.8 1.5 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crawley Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crawley Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Northampton Town 2 - 2 Crawley Town
24-09-19 CC Crawley Town 1 - 1 Stoke City
28-09-19 LT Crawley Town 2 - 3 Walsall
01-10-19 EFL Crawley Town 1 - 2 Norwich City U21
05-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 3 - 1 Crawley Town
12-10-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Colchester United
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Crawley Town
22-10-19 LT Newport County 18:45 Crawley Town
26-10-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Swindon Town
29-10-19 CC Crawley Town 19:45 Colchester United
Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Colchester United 2 - 1 Leyton Orient
24-09-19 CC Colchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
28-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Colchester United
05-10-19 LT Colchester United 3 - 1 Stevenage
08-10-19 EFL Colchester United 1 - 1 Tottenham U21
12-10-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Colchester United
19-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 18:45 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Newport County
29-10-19 CC Crawley Town 19:45 Colchester United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 12 7 3 2 14 6 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 3 2 1 8 3 8 24
2 Exeter City 12 6 5 1 17 11 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 23
3 Newport County 12 6 5 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 23
4 Crewe Alexandra 12 7 2 3 19 14 6 3 1 2 10 9 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 23
5 Cheltenham Town 12 6 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 16 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 10 22
6 Bradford City 12 6 3 3 17 11 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
7 Swindon Town 12 6 2 4 19 15 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 20
8 Colchester United 12 5 4 3 15 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 19
9 Grimsby Town 12 5 3 4 19 14 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 18
10 Port Vale 12 4 5 3 17 18 6 4 2 0 10 5 6 0 3 3 7 13 -1 17
11 Cambridge United 12 4 4 4 16 13 6 1 2 3 6 8 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 16
12 Plymouth Argyle 12 4 4 4 17 15 6 2 3 1 10 8 6 2 1 3 7 7 2 16
13 Crawley Town 12 4 4 4 19 19 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 10 12 0 16
14 Northampton Town 12 4 3 5 14 13 6 2 1 3 8 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 15
15 Walsall 12 4 3 5 8 14 6 1 2 3 3 8 6 3 1 2 5 6 -6 15
16 Macclesfield Town 12 3 5 4 13 14 6 2 3 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 -1 14
17 Salford City 12 3 5 4 15 20 6 2 2 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 -5 14
18 Carlisle United 12 4 2 6 13 19 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 2 0 4 7 11 -6 14
19 Mansfield Town 12 3 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 7 6 -3 13
20 Leyton Orient 12 3 4 5 16 21 6 1 2 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 8 10 -5 13
21 Oldham Athletic 12 2 5 5 13 17 6 1 3 2 7 7 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 11
22 Scunthorpe United 12 1 4 7 13 21 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 1 5 5 13 -8 7
23 Morecambe 12 1 4 7 12 24 6 0 3 3 6 10 6 1 1 4 6 14 -12 7
24 Stevenage 12 0 5 7 8 18 6 0 2 4 5 9 6 0 3 3 3 9 -10 5

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