📏 Form Guide

Colchester United

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Colchester United will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-2 League Two victory versus Newport County.

For Colchester United, 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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Since being beaten in their last game against Cheltenham Town in League Two action, Crewe Alexandra and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

For Crewe Alexandra, the scorers were 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

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 22/10/2019 shows that Colchester United have won 1 of them & Crewe Alexandra 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 from The U's and 4 coming from The Railwaymen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The last league clash featuring 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

John-Kymani Gordon (concussion), Kane Vincent-Young (Ill), Harry Anderson (Knee medial ligament tear), Jack Payne (Calf injury), Teddy Bishop (Ankle injury) and Lyle Taylor (Calf injury) are unavailable for Colchester United manager 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.

Renata Leite, 13:03 18/04/2025