After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Colchester U23 and Crewe U23 in this fresh Professional Development League season. Read our match preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Colchester U23 form and stats
Two Professional Development League home games so far for Colchester U23, who are yet to win here. Only 1 point so far.
In their previous game, led his Colchester U23 to a defeat in the Professional Development League match away at Sheffield Wed U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Burnley U23 that ended 2-2.
There will be little rest for Colchester U23 after this match as they are travelling to Barnsley U23 for a Professional Development League game in only four days.
Colchester U23 has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Crewe U23 form and stats
Crewe U23 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Professional Development League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Crewe U23 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 3-4 to Coventry U23 (placed 3rd). A 0-1 loss hosting Crystal Palace U23 before that.
Crewe U23 have the goal stats of 5-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Colchester U23 0 wins, 0 draws and Crewe U23 2 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Colchester U23 missing players
Crewe U23 missing players
| Colchester U23 | Crewe U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 10 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colchester U23 | Last season | Crewe U23 | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | 14 | 28 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | 3 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Lost | 6 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | 19 | 46 | ||
| 77 | 30 | Conceded | 23 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 82% | ||
| 75% | 57% | Over 2.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 3.5 | 36% | 39% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Over 4.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 61% | 50% | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Clean Sheets | 14% | 18% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed To Score | 36% | 21% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
- All of Colchester U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colchester U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Colchester U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Colchester U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 08-04-19 | | Burnley U23 | 3 - 0 | Colchester U23 |
| 15-04-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 3 | Wigan U23 |
| 26-08-19 | | Colchester U23 | 2 - 2 | Burnley U23 |
| 02-09-19 | | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 - 1 | Colchester U23 |
| 09-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 18:00 | Crewe U23 |
| 13-09-19 | | Barnsley U23 | 13:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Millwall U23 |
| 30-09-19 | | Bristol City U23 | 12:00 | Colchester U23 |
| 21-10-19 | | Colchester U23 | 12:00 | Cardiff U23 |
| 08-04-19 | | Crewe U23 | 1 - 0 | Coventry U23 |
| 15-04-19 | | Colchester U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 12-08-19 | | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 0 - 2 | Crewe U23 |
| 21-08-19 | | Crewe U23 | 0 - 1 | Crystal Palace U23 |
| 28-08-19 | | Coventry U23 | 4 - 3 | Crewe U23 |
| 09-09-19 | | Colchester U23 | 18:00 | Crewe U23 |
| 23-09-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Sheffield Wed U23 |
| 30-09-19 | | Leeds U23 | 12:00 | Crewe U23 |
| 09-10-19 | | Crewe U23 | 12:00 | Watford U23 |
| 14-10-19 | | Bolton U23 | 18:00 | Crewe U23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Watford U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Millwall U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Charlton U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 8 | Colchester U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 9 | Ipswich U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Cardiff U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ipswich U23 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 52 |
| 2 | Coventry U23 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U23 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 | Charlton U23 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Bristol City U23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | -4 | 38 |
| 6 | Millwall U23 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Cardiff U23 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Watford U23 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 24 |
| 10 | Colchester U23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 47 | -47 | 20 |
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