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Colchester United v Crawley Town : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 13th Mar, 19:45 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Friday evening at the JobServe Community Stadium, and it’s a League Two clash between Colchester United and Crawley Town. Danny Cowley and Scott Lindsey going all-out to claim the win. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 League Two matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Colchester and Crawley combined during the standard 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this conclusion, and we think there's a 77% chance of it being right on the money. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.33.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Colchester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Colchester 59%	1.70 5%	1.80
Draw 24%	3.50 3%	3.75
Crawley 17%	4.50 10%	4.33
Colchester 1-0 14%	7.50	7.00
Colchester 2-0 12%	8.50 6%	8.00
Draw 1-1 11%	7.00	6.50
Colchester 2-1 9%	8.50	7.50
Draw 0-0 9%	11.00 8%	10.00
Crawley 1-0 7%	13.00 13%	11.00
Colchester 3-0 7%	13.00 8%	12.00
Colchester 3-1 5%	13.00	12.00
Crawley 2-1 4%	15.00 12%	12.00
Draw 2-2 4%	15.00	12.00
Colchester 4-0 3%	29.00 26%	21.00
Crawley 2-0 3%	23.00 21%	17.00
Colchester 4-1 2%	29.00 26%	21.00
Colchester 3-2 2%	26.00 13%	21.00
Crawley 3-1 1%	41.00	26.00
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	1.85 3%	1.80
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	1.95 3%	1.91
Home 1st Goal 57%	1.57 5%	1.57
Away 1st Goal 38%	2.60 5%	2.62
No 1st Goal 6%	11.00 8%	9.50
BTTS - Yes 44%	1.80	1.80
BTTS - No 56%	1.91	1.95
BTTS - Home Win 21%	3.60 6%	3.50
BTTS - Draw 15%	4.75	4.60
BTTS - Away Win 7%	8.50 11%	7.00
Home/draw 83%	1.17 3%	1.20
Away/draw 41%	2.00 5%	2.00
Home/away 76%	1.25	1.25
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	1.25 2%	1.25
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	3.75 6%	3.60
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	3.25 18%	2.90
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	1.33 5%	1.36
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	6.00 9%	5.50
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1.13 1%	1.12
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	13.00 18%	10.00
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.04 1%	1.04
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1.05 1%	1.04
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	11.00 8%	10.00
Home DNB 75%	1.29 6%	1.33
Away DNB 34%	3.50 13%	3.10
Colchester win to nil 37%	3.00 9%	-
Crawley win to nil 10%	8.00 20%	-
Colchester / Colchester 30%	2.75 10%	2.62
Colchester / Crawley 3%	34.00 17%	26.00
Colchester / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / Colchester 17%	4.75 6%	4.80
Draw / Crawley 9%	9.50 14%	9.00
Draw / Draw 15%	5.50 8%	5.25
Crawley / Colchester 4%	21.00	17.00
Crawley / Crawley 11%	7.50 12%	6.50
Crawley / Draw 6%	15.00 12%	13.00

Win / draw / win League Two table

Colchester have played 35 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Colchester have outscored their opponents by 50 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Colchester have played 17 games at home winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Crawley are in 21st position in the League Two on 29 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 33 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

31 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 11 and won 3. Crawley have conceded 54 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 13 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Colchester Crawley
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	36	19	13	4	23	70	l 0-2A	Mar 21	l 1-3A	l 3-1F
2	MK Dons	35	18	11	6	32	65	w 1-0F	Mar 18	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0
3	Cambridge	35	18	11	6	22	65	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	l 0-3A	l 3-1A
4	Notts C	35	19	7	9	20	64	Apr 25	w 1-3A	l 1-2A	l 4-0A
5	Swindon	36	19	6	11	16	63	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
6	Salford	35	18	4	13	3	58	l 0-1A	l 4-3F	May 2	l 4-3F
7	Grimsby	35	15	11	9	11	56	l 0-1A	w 1-2A	Apr 6	l 3-0A
8	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	10	56	w 6-2F	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2F
9	Crewe	36	16	8	12	10	56	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
10	Barnet	36	14	11	11	5	53	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	Mar 17	l 2-1A
11	Walsall	35	15	8	12	4	53	Mar 28	w 0-2F	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0
12	Colchester	35	14	10	11	11	52	-	-	d 1-1F	Mar 13
13	Oldham	34	12	13	9	8	49	Apr 3	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	l 2-0A
14	Fleetwood	35	13	10	12	2	49	w 2-1F	l 4-2F	w 2-1F	Mar 21
15	Accrington	35	13	8	14	1	47	-	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	Apr 25
16	Gillingham	34	11	12	11	0	45	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Mar 28	d 2-2A
17	Shrewsbury	36	11	8	17	-19	41	w 2-0F	w 0-2F	Apr 18	l 1-0A
18	Cheltenham	34	10	7	17	-21	37	w 2-0F	May 2	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
19	Tranmere	36	9	8	19	-17	35	d 1-1A	Apr 6	l 0-2A	l 2-0A
20	Bristol R	35	10	4	21	-23	34	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 4-0F	Apr 11
21	Crawley	36	6	11	19	-23	29	Mar 13	d 1-1A	-	-
22	Barrow	34	7	7	20	-18	28	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	w 0-1F
23	Newport	36	7	7	22	-27	28	w 4-1F	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	Apr 3
24	Harrogate	36	6	9	21	-30	27	w 3-1A	Apr 18	w 2-0F	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Crawley have failed to score in 4 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	0 - 1	Salford
Colchester	4 - 1	Barnet
Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R
Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
Colchester	0 - 2	Barrow
Colchester	1 - 2	Cambridge
Colchester	1 - 1	Tranmere
Colchester	0 - 0	Barrow
Colchester	0 - 0	Crewe
Colchester	1 - 0	Notts C

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	0 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Salford
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Barnet
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Cambridge
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	2 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Colchester	1 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Colchester	4 - 1	Newport
A	Colchester	3 - 4	Salford
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
H	Colchester	2 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Colchester	3 - 1	Notts C
A	Colchester	2 - 0	Walsall

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oldham	2 - 0	Crawley
MK Dons	0 - 0	Crawley
Tranmere	2 - 0	Crawley
Walsall	0 - 0	Crawley
Barrow	0 - 1	Crawley
Cheltenham	3 - 0	Crawley
Barnet	2 - 1	Crawley
Swindon	1 - 0	Crawley
Bromley	3 - 1	Crawley
Salford	4 - 3	Crawley
Gillingham	2 - 2	Crawley
Shrewsbury	1 - 0	Crawley
Cambridge	3 - 1	Crawley
Notts C	4 - 0	Crawley
Harrogate	0 - 1	Crawley
Chesterfield	2 - 2	Crawley
Crewe	1 - 0	Crawley
Grimsby	3 - 0	Crawley
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Crawley
Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Crawley	2 - 2	Swindon
A	Crawley	0 - 2	Oldham
H	Crawley	1 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Crawley	0 - 0	MK Dons
A	Crawley	0 - 2	Tranmere
H	Crawley	0 - 3	Cambridge
H	Crawley	0 - 1	Crewe
H	Crawley	2 - 0	Harrogate
A	Crawley	0 - 0	Walsall
A	Crawley	1 - 0	Barrow
H	Crawley	1 - 2	Notts C
A	Crawley	0 - 3	Cheltenham
A	Crawley	1 - 2	Barnet
H	Crawley	1 - 3	Bromley
H	Crawley	1 - 1	Colchester
A	Crawley	0 - 1	Swindon
H	Crawley	2 - 2	Oldham
A	Crawley	1 - 3	Bromley
A	Crawley	3 - 4	Salford
H	Crawley	1 - 1	Accrington

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Crawley have not lost to Colchester in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Colchester

Crawley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

11 / 11

Clean sheets

0 / 11

1 / 11

COU

CRA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
	1 - 2	Crawley
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Crawley
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	3 - 1
Colchester	3 - 1
	2 - 3	Crawley
	2 - 3	Crawley
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Crawley

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

6 / 12

Clean sheets

6 / 12

3 / 12

COU

CRA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crawley
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	2 - 3	Colchester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Crawley	3 - 1
Crawley	1 - 0
Crawley	2 - 1
Crawley	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Crawley	1 - 0
Crawley	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

An absolutely dismal PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Crawley Town fans, as should a 6 League Two games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Colchester 12th	Crawley 21st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ There is a 81% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals	0 46% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 82% probability of Crawley scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Colchester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-36 Crawley have scored 36% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

22%

better

COU

CRA

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Games scored	25		23
Failed to score	10		13
Scored first	16		14
Goals scored	50		35
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		10
Conversion rate for	18		10
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+22%

15%

better

COU

CRA

view stats

Games conceded	27		29
Clean sheets	8		7
Conceded first	17		20
Goals conceded	39		58
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+15%

Colchester v Crawley League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	5	6
J Tucker	J Payne	S Tovide	A Read

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Tucker DEF	35	2	1	3 -
M Macey GLK	34			3 -
A Read MID	34	5	2	6 -
S Tovide FWD	33	3	5	5 -
R Hunt DEF	29		1	3 -
K Vincent-Young DEF	29			4 -
T Bishop MID	29		1	3 -
H. Araujo DEF	28		1	4 -
J Payne MID	28	11	5	5 -
O Edwards FWD	26	1	1	1 1
J. Williams FWD	25		1	1 -
M. Mbick FWD	22	7	2	2 -
H Anderson FWD	22	8	4	2 -
W Goodwin FWD	19	2		3 -
E Iandolo DEF	15	1		5 -
J Gordon FWD	15		1	1 -
T Flanagan DEF	11			1 -
D Gape MID	10			4 -
J. Powell DEF	9			-
A. Akande FWD	7		1	-
T Smith GLK	3			1 -
B. Perry MID	3			-
J Baldwin DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	18	5	10
J Payne	J Payne	S Tovide	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Payne MID	11	18	5	10
H Anderson FWD	8	12	4	2
M. Mbick FWD	7	17	2	3
A Read MID	5	14	2	9
S Tovide FWD	3	14	5	9
J Tucker DEF	2	7	1	1
W Goodwin FWD	2	6		1
O Edwards FWD	1	3	1	2
E Iandolo DEF	1	3		5
R Hunt DEF		3	1	3
K Vincent-Young DEF		2		2
T Bishop MID		8	1	5
H. Araujo DEF		2	1	1
J. Williams FWD		3	1	4
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Powell DEF		3		1
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1732	69	216
J Tucker	A Read	J Tucker

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1732	17	216
A Read MID	1463	69	187
H. Araujo DEF	1396	33	165
T Bishop MID	1128	55	133
J Payne MID	1007	38	117
R Hunt DEF	983	36	117
M Macey GLK	877		17
K Vincent-Young DEF	828	35	111
E Iandolo DEF	690	20	92
T Flanagan DEF	419	4	49
O Edwards FWD	418	25	59
H Anderson FWD	411	47	128
S Tovide FWD	311	10	109
J. Powell DEF	300	17	47
M. Mbick FWD	264	25	120
W Goodwin FWD	146	6	52
J. Williams FWD	122	6	33
D Gape MID	110	12	25
J Gordon FWD	86	9	28
B. Perry MID	76	8	22
T Smith GLK	55		1
A. Akande FWD	47	4	10
J Baldwin DEF	34		1

Crawley League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	6	5	8
J Flint	H McKirdy	D Pereira	J Williams

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Flint DEF	33	1	2	4 -
H Forster MID	29	3	2	2 -
H McKirdy FWD	26	6	3	5 1
J Williams MID	25	2		8 -
G Bajrami DEF	24	2	1	6 -
K Tshimanga FWD	23	4		1 -
A Adeyemo FWD	23	1	1	3 -
D Pereira FWD	22		5	1 -
R Brown MID	20	2	2	3 -
D Conroy DEF	19			3 -
L Watson MID	19			3 -
H Davies GLK	17			2 -
J Roles MID	16		2	2 -
M Anderson MID	15	2		4 -
G Holohan MID	14			2 -
K. Dixon FWD	14			-
R Loft FWD	12	3		2 1
L. Flower FWD	12	2	1	2 -
J Wollacott GLK	9			-
K Scott MID	9			6 -
S Malone DEF	5	1	1	1 -
D Cashman FWD	5			1 -
T. Showunmi FWD	2			-
J Mukena DEF	1			-
B Radcliffe DEF	1			1 -
C Barker DEF	1	1		8 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	24	5	9
H McKirdy	H McKirdy	D Pereira	D Pereira

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H McKirdy FWD	6	24	3	6
K Tshimanga FWD	4	9
H Forster MID	3	10	2	3
R Loft FWD	3	9		1
J Williams MID	2	7
G Bajrami DEF	2	4	1	2
R Brown MID	2	5	2	1
M Anderson MID	2	2
L. Flower FWD	2	6	1
J Flint DEF	1	13	2	4
A Adeyemo FWD	1	9	1	2
S Malone DEF	1	2	1	1
C Barker DEF	1
D Pereira FWD		4	5	9
D Conroy DEF		3		1
L Watson MID		3		1
J Roles MID		5	2	1
G Holohan MID		2		1
K. Dixon FWD		5		1
D Cashman FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1659	43	246
J Flint	J Flint	J Flint

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Flint DEF	1659	43	246
D Conroy DEF	1177	21	91
G Bajrami DEF	974	28	115
J Williams MID	969	36	192
H Davies GLK	730	1	16
R Brown MID	559	28	61
L Watson MID	456	6	37
H Forster MID	432	38	90
K Scott MID	384	23	47
G Holohan MID	367	9	52
A Adeyemo FWD	363	31	108
M Anderson MID	354	13	30
J Wollacott GLK	322		3
D Pereira FWD	319	7	51
J Roles MID	257	5	27
H McKirdy FWD	224	17	49
K. Dixon FWD	208	12	50
R Loft FWD	178	6	62
K Tshimanga FWD	147	11	42
D Cashman FWD	91	8	14
C Barker DEF	89	1	6
S Malone DEF	79	8	14
L. Flower FWD	73	3	23
B Radcliffe DEF	69		11
J Mukena DEF	35		5
T. Showunmi FWD	7	1	3