Colchester United vs Crewe Alexandra Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Colchester United

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Colchester United will be looking for another win after the 0-2 League Two victory over Newport County.

For Colchester United, the goals were scored by Fiacre Kelleher (88') and Anthony Scully (94').

Colchester United have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 7.

Their prior results show that Colchester United:

• haven't lost in the league to Crewe Alexandra in their previous 2 games.
• haven't won against Crewe Alexandra in their previous 3 league matches.

Crewe Alexandra

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Cheltenham Town in League Two competition, Crewe Alexandra and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

For Crewe Alexandra, goals were scored by Kane Hemmings (45') and Calum Agius (95'). George Miller (22'), Jordan Thomas (78') and Liam Dulson (86') scored for Cheltenham Town.

For 5 of the prior 6 games involving Crewe Alexandra, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes out as just 2, with the average goals for The Railwaymen standing at 0.83. That trend won’t necessarily be continued into this match, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Crewe Alexandra:

• have not won against Colchester United in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. Not good.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 22/10/2019 shows us that Colchester United have won 1 of these games & Crewe Alexandra 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

10 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The U's and 4 created by The Railwaymen. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league meeting between these clubs was League Two match day 21 on 20/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Colchester United.

The referee was Geoff Eltringham.

🗞️ Team News: Colchester United

Teddy Bishop (Ankle injury) and Kane Vincent-Young (Ill) won’t be playing for Colchester United gaffer Danny Cowley.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Crewe Alexandra should get enough chances to score a goal against this Colchester United team, although it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Colchester United by the conclusion of the game. It really should be an interesting one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, victory for Colchester United is available for 2.1, backing the draw is 3.4 & selecting the winner to be Crewe Alexandra gets you 3.3. They’re the best of the returns offered at this very moment.

Renata Leite, 05:02 16/04/2025