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Saturday 6 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · Referee Greg Rollason

Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Colchester United's last 3 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 3 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 6, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 6, with 11.2 corners per match (league 9.8) and 5.8 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra, full match

65%

Possession

35%

1.42

Expected goals (xG)

0.55

14

Shots

5

7

Shots on target

1

3

Corners

1

14

Fouls

17

2

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

18'

Yellow card

James Golding CRE

19'

Yellow card

Tommi O'Reilly CRE

39'

Goal

Josh March CRE

59'

Yellow card

Rob Hunt COL

65'

Yellow card

Reece Hutchinson CRE

66'

Goal

Kyreece Lisbie COL

90+2'

Yellow card

James Connolly CRE

90+6'

Yellow card

Jack Tucker COL

At a glance

Colchester United

12th in the table

D

L

W

D

Crewe Alexandra

11th in the table

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Colchester United's home games and Crewe Alexandra's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Colchester United's last 3 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 3 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

67%

4/6 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

83%

5/6 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

3/6 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

3/6 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

6/6 games · League 55%

Colchester United clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

11.2

League 9.8

Cards

5.8

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

5

6

26

MIDFIELDERS

8

Teddy Bishop

10

Jack Payne

16

Arthur Read

FORWARDS

7

Harry Anderson

9

Samson Tovide

21

Owura Edwards

SUBSTITUTES

12

24

30

15

14

17

33

Crewe Alexandra

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Tom Booth

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

18

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Sanders

16

James Golding

19

Owen Lunt

FORWARDS

24

Josh March

26

Tommi O'Reilly

36

Emre Tezgel

SUBSTITUTES

13

4

14

15

17

23

31

Referee: Greg Rollason

4 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.3

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

28.8

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.25

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

COL

CRE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.2

2.7

2.4

Over 0.5

100%

6/6

100%

6/6

100%

12/12

94%

Over 1.5

100%

6/6

67%

4/6

83%

10/12

72%

Over 2.5

17%

1/6

50%

3/6

33%

4/12

42%

Over 3.5

0%

0/6

33%

2/6

17%

2/12

18%

Over 4.5

0%

0/6

17%

1/6

8%

1/12

10%

Bet

COL

CRE

Match

League

Yes

67%

4/6

33%

2/6

50%

6/12

51%

Yes and win

0%

0/6

33%

2/6

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

17%

1/6

33%

2/6

25%

3/12

36%

Yes and draw

50%

3/6

0%

0/6

25%

3/12

21%

Yes and loss

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

15%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/12

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Bet

COL

CRE

Match

League

Corners per match

11.8

9.3

10.6

9.4

Over 7.5

83%

5/6

50%

3/6

67%

8/12

61%

Over 8.5

83%

5/6

50%

3/6

67%

8/12

49%

Over 9.5

67%

4/6

50%

3/6

58%

7/12

40%

Over 10.5

67%

4/6

17%

1/6

42%

5/12

31%

Over 11.5

50%

3/6

17%

1/6

33%

4/12

25%

Over 12.5

50%

3/6

17%

1/6

33%

4/12

21%

Referee Greg Rollason: 5.3 cards and 28.8 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

COL

CRE

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

5.2

4.5

4.2

Over 2.5

67%

4/6

83%

5/6

75%

9/12

78%

Over 3.5

67%

4/6

67%

4/6

67%

8/12

65%

Over 4.5

33%

2/6

50%

3/6

42%

5/12

40%

Over 5.5

17%

1/6

50%

3/6

33%

4/12

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Tucker

6 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

2/6

33%

2/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

Reece Hutchinson

6 starts · 0.3 per 90

17%

1/6

33%

2/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

Arthur Read

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.