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Saturday 31 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Elliot Bell

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

In Crewe Alexandra's last 10 home games and Colchester United's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 15 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 8.5 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.1 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United, full match

38%

Possession

62%

0.36

Expected goals (xG)

1.11

3

Shots

19

2

Shots on target

3

2

Corners

7

8

Fouls

12

0

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

49'

Yellow card

Dominic Gape COL

68'

Goal

Calum Agius CRE

74'

Yellow card

Fin Back COL

90+5'

Yellow card

Jack Payne COL

At a glance

Crewe Alexandra

11th in the table

D

L

W

D

W

Colchester United

12th in the table

L

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Crewe Alexandra's home games and Colchester United'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 Crewe Alexandra's last 10 home games and Colchester United's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

75%

15/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

8/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 55%

Crewe Alexandra clean sheet

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Colchester United fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.6

Corners

8.5

League 9.8

Cards

4.1

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Crewe Alexandra

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

41

Ian Lawlor

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

25

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Sanders

17

Matúš Holíček

23

Jack Powell

FORWARDS

20

Calum Agius

24

Josh March

26

Tommi O'Reilly

SUBSTITUTES

1

18

8

14

19

32

29

Colchester United

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Matt Macey

DEFENDERS

2

5

22

24

MIDFIELDERS

10

Jack Payne

15

Dominic Gape

25

Finley Barbrook

FORWARDS

14

Kyreece Lisbie

19

Will Goodwin

21

Owura Edwards

SUBSTITUTES

12

40

34

9

11

17

23

Referee: Elliot Bell

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

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

20.5

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

CRE

COL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.9

2.6

2.8

2.6

Over 0.5

96%

27/28

93%

25/27

95%

52/55

94%

Over 1.5

75%

21/28

78%

21/27

76%

42/55

74%

Over 2.5

57%

16/28

33%

9/27

45%

25/55

48%

Over 3.5

39%

11/28

22%

6/27

31%

17/55

28%

Over 4.5

18%

5/28

15%

4/27

16%

9/55

11%

Bet

CRE

COL

Match

League

Yes

64%

18/28

59%

16/27

62%

34/55

54%

Yes and win

32%

9/28

22%

6/27

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

54%

15/28

33%

9/27

44%

24/55

42%

Yes and draw

21%

6/28

26%

7/27

24%

13/55

20%

Yes and loss

11%

3/28

11%

3/27

17%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/28

7%

2/27

5%

3/55

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Bet

CRE

COL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.4

8.6

9.0

9.7

Over 7.5

68%

19/28

59%

16/27

64%

35/55

73%

Over 8.5

68%

19/28

56%

15/27

62%

34/55

63%

Over 9.5

64%

18/28

30%

8/27

47%

26/55

52%

Over 10.5

39%

11/28

26%

7/27

33%

18/55

38%

Over 11.5

11%

3/28

15%

4/27

13%

7/55

26%

Over 12.5

7%

2/28

15%

4/27

11%

6/55

20%

Referee Elliot Bell: 4.0 cards and 20.5 fouls per game in 8 games this season

Bet

CRE

COL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.4

4.1

4.2

4.1

Over 2.5

86%

24/28

78%

21/27

82%

45/55

80%

Over 3.5

61%

17/28

63%

17/27

62%

34/55

60%

Over 4.5

39%

11/28

44%

12/27

42%

23/55

42%

Over 5.5

32%

9/28

30%

8/27

31%

17/55

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Kyreece Lisbie

18 starts · 0.5 per 90

22%

4/18

39%

7/18

0%

0/18

0%

0/18

Alfie Pond

3 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Josh March

20 starts · 0.3 per 90

10%

2/20

25%

5/20

5%

1/20

0%

0/20

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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.