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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Crewe Alexandra perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Colchester United can look both up and down from their 11th position.

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.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Crewe Alexandra, who have the most scored goals (26) in League Two, are 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Crewe Alexandra supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Swindon Town in League Two and win 3-1. Before that match, a win away at Carlisle United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Crewe Alexandra handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D0-L1.

There will be little rest for Crewe Alexandra after this match as they are travelling to Forest Green Rovers for a League Two game in only four days.

The Crewe Alexandra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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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 2-2-3 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Morecambe with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Crawley Town's place.

We have checked recent matches where Colchester United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W2-D1-L4.

A quick return to home after this game, as Colchester United are hosting Newport County in the League Two only four days away.

Colchester United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Crewe Alexandra won 5, Colchester United won 4 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraC. Porter
C. Porter
7 goals / 1 assists
Crewe AlexandraT. Lowery
T. Lowery
4 goals / 3 assists
Colchester UnitedL. Norris
L. Norris
4 goals / 1 assists

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Colchester United missing players

Crewe Alexandra Colchester United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 3 7 14
9 4 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 2 1 Lost L 2 3 5
26 13 2 Scored S 3 8 16
17 10 3 Conceded C 2 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 57%
64% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 43%
29% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
21% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 29%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 29%
 
7.7 9.1 9 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 5.3 5.5
5 4.7 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.3 4.7 3.9
1.6 1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.1
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crewe Alexandra
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
28-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
05-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Exeter City
08-10-19 EFL Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
12-10-19 LT Carlisle United 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra
19-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 3 - 1 Swindon Town
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 20:45 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
02-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Port Vale
06-11-19 EFL Crewe Alexandra 20:30 Everton U21
16-11-19 LT Northampton Town 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
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 2 - 1 Colchester United
19-10-19 LT Colchester United 0 - 1 Morecambe
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 20:45 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Colchester United 16:00 Newport County
29-10-19 CC Crawley Town 20:45 Colchester United
02-11-19 LT Mansfield Town 16:00 Colchester United
12-11-19 EFL Colchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 14 9 2 3 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 29
2 Bradford City 14 8 3 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 27
3 Newport County 13 7 5 1 14 7 7 5 2 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 26
4 Exeter City 14 7 5 2 18 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 3 3 1 9 9 3 26
5 Cheltenham Town 13 7 4 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 11 25
6 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 16 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
7 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 5 4 20 16 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 20
9 Macclesfield Town 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 20
10 Cambridge United 14 5 4 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 19
11 Colchester United 14 5 4 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 23 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 12 10 1 19
13 Crawley Town 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 11 14 0 19
14 Grimsby Town 14 5 3 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 3 1 3 11 8 0 18
15 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
16 Port Vale 14 4 6 4 19 21 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 18
17 Mansfield Town 14 4 5 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 2 3 2 9 8 2 17
18 Salford City 14 4 5 5 16 22 7 3 2 2 6 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 17
19 Walsall 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 6 9 -9 15
20 Carlisle United 14 4 2 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -10 11
22 Scunthorpe United 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 6 15 -6 10
23 Morecambe 14 2 4 8 14 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 10
24 Stevenage 14 1 6 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 0 4 3 4 10 -9 9

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