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Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 12th Sep, 15:00 BST, JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

We’ve League Two action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Danny Cowley and his Colchester United side host Lee Bell’s Crewe Alexandra at the JobServe Community Stadium. Below you'll find predictions for all the biggest betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. Access it all using the tabs below.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Colchester
48%
--
Draw
26%
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Crewe
26%
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Colchester 1-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Colchester 2-0
9%
--
Colchester 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Crewe 1-0
8%
--
Crewe 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Colchester 3-0
5%
--
Colchester 3-1
5%
--
Crewe 2-0
4%
--
Colchester 3-2
2%
--
Crewe 3-1
2%
--
Colchester 4-0
2%
--
Colchester 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
52%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
44%
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Colchester win to nil
28%
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Crewe win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Won
Draw
Lost
Colchester
Crewe
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barnet321047 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Oct 31
Jan 30
2
Walsall321047 
Oct 31
Jan 30
Sep 1
Feb 9
3
York321027 
Nov 28
May 1
Sep 5
Feb 13
4
Colchester321027 
-
-
Feb 20
Sep 12
5
Crewe321027 
Sep 12
Feb 20
-
-
6
Oldham320146 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 13
Jan 1
Mar 26
7
Bristol R320136 
Feb 9
Sep 1
Oct 3
Apr 27
8
Tranmere312025 
Mar 20
Nov 21
Dec 29
Apr 3
9
Fleetwood312015 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Mar 29
Dec 26
10
Grimsby312015 
May 8
Dec 1
Nov 28
May 1
11
Newport311114 
Apr 13
Oct 10
Nov 14
Feb 27
12
Cheltenham311104 
Sep 19
Apr 17
Apr 10
Dec 12
13
Rotherham311104 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Apr 24
Sep 26
14
Swindon3111-24 
Feb 13
Sep 5
Apr 13
Oct 10
15
Exeter310203 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Jan 19
Oct 20
16
Chesterfield3102-13 
Jan 19
Oct 20
Jan 23
Oct 24
17
Crawley3102-23 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Mar 6
w
 
0-1F
18
Shrewsbury3102-33 
Apr 24
Sep 26
Sep 19
Apr 17
19
Northampton3021-12 
Jan 23
Oct 24
w
 
1-0F
Mar 13
20
Port Vale3021-22 
Oct 3
Apr 27
Feb 6
d
 
0-00-0
21
Gillingham3021-32 
Nov 14
Feb 27
Mar 20
Nov 21
22
Accrington3012-31 
Mar 6
d
 
2-2F
May 8
Dec 1
23
Salford3003-40 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Dec 17
Jan 9
24
Rochdale3003-50 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
Oct 17
Jan 16
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Colchester 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester1 - 0Rochdale
Colchester2 - 1Oldham
Colchester0 - 1Notts C
Colchester2 - 1Accrington
Colchester3 - 0Swindon
Colchester1 - 3Oldham
Colchester1 - 1Walsall
Colchester0 - 0Crawley
Colchester0 - 1Salford
Colchester4 - 1Barnet
Colchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
Colchester0 - 1Grimsby
Colchester2 - 1Fleetwood
Colchester1 - 0MK Dons
Colchester4 - 1Newport
Colchester0 - 0Gillingham
Colchester2 - 0Cheltenham
Colchester0 - 2Bromley
Colchester3 - 1Harrogate
Colchester6 - 2Chesterfield
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester1 - 0Rochdale
HColchester2 - 1Oldham
AColchester2 - 2Accrington
AColchester4 - 1Cheltenham
HColchester0 - 1Notts C
AColchester0 - 1Harrogate
HColchester2 - 1Accrington
HColchester3 - 0Swindon
AColchester1 - 0Tranmere
HColchester1 - 3Oldham
HColchester1 - 1Walsall
AColchester0 - 1Bromley
AColchester0 - 1MK Dons
HColchester0 - 0Crawley
AColchester2 - 1Newport
AColchester0 - 3Chesterfield
HColchester0 - 1Salford
HColchester4 - 1Barnet
AColchester1 - 1Cambridge
AColchester0 - 1Barrow
Crewe 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale0 - 0Crewe
Crawley0 - 1Crewe
Chesterfield2 - 0Crewe
Grimsby3 - 2Crewe
Accrington2 - 0Crewe
Shrewsbury0 - 4Crewe
Cheltenham1 - 1Crewe
Bristol R2 - 1Crewe
Swindon1 - 2Crewe
Crawley0 - 1Crewe
Barnet1 - 1Crewe
Bromley2 - 2Crewe
Notts C1 - 0Crewe
Newport2 - 0Crewe
Walsall1 - 0Crewe
Tranmere1 - 4Crewe
Cambridge2 - 1Crewe
Oldham0 - 0Crewe
MK Dons3 - 1Crewe
Harrogate1 - 2Crewe
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACrewe0 - 0Port Vale
HCrewe1 - 0Northampton
ACrewe1 - 0Crawley
HCrewe0 - 0Cambridge
ACrewe0 - 2Chesterfield
HCrewe1 - 3MK Dons
ACrewe2 - 3Grimsby
HCrewe1 - 0Salford
ACrewe0 - 2Accrington
HCrewe2 - 1Oldham
ACrewe4 - 0Shrewsbury
ACrewe1 - 1Cheltenham
HCrewe0 - 3Walsall
ACrewe1 - 2Bristol R
HCrewe2 - 1Tranmere
ACrewe2 - 1Swindon
HCrewe0 - 1Fleetwood
HCrewe1 - 0Gillingham
ACrewe1 - 0Crawley
ACrewe1 - 1Barnet
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Colchester have drawn with Crewe in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Colchester since 2009
Colchester
Crewe
Goals: Scored
25
14
Games: Scored
10 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
2 / 12
COU
4
D
3
CRE
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester4 - 0
Colchester6 - 0
Colchester3 - 1
Colchester4 - 0
2 - 3Crewe
2 - 3Crewe
1 - 2Crewe
1 - 2Crewe
0 - 1Crewe
League games at Crewe since 2008
Crewe
Colchester
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
9 / 13
5 / 13
Clean sheets
8 / 13
4 / 13
COU
1
D
4
CRE
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crewe
Crewe1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crewe2 - 1
Crewe1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crewe2 - 1
Crewe1 - 0
Crewe2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Colchester
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crewe3 - 2
Crewe2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Crewe Alexandra of late. It has been 5 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Colchester United.

Colchester 4th Crewe 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Crewe scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
Colchester have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
-6
Crewe’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season
Colchester
PG (predicted goals)
Crewe
1.5
1
Attack rating
14%
better
COU
CRE
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Games scored2
2
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
2
Goals scored4
2
Avg. goals scored1.3
0.7
Avg. shots per game7
6
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for20
12
Avg. XG for1.7
1.6
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
COU
CRE
57%
better
view stats
Games conceded2
0
Clean sheets0
2
Conceded first1
0
Goals conceded3
0
Avg. goals conceded1
0
Avg. shots/game conceded6
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
0
Conversion rate against17%
0%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+57%

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

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3121
T Lo-TutalaE IandoloO. ThornE Iandolo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Lo-Tutala GLK3
-
E Iandolo DEF31
1
-
R Hunt DEF31
1
-
J Tucker DEF3
-
K Vincent-Young DEF31
1
-
S Raggett DEF3
-
J Payne MID31
-
O. Thorn FWD32
-
L. Chiwome FWD3
-
B Ihionvien FWD3
-
H Anderson FWD31
-
P Digby MID2
-
M. Sesay FWD2
-
J. Williams FWD21
-
F Terry DEF1
-
J Leake DEF1
-
T Bishop MID1
-
Crewe League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3213
T BoothJ MarchJ TabinerM Demetriou
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Booth GLK3
-
L Billington DEF3
-
R Hutchinson DEF3
-
L Offord DEF3
-
J Gibson MID3
1
-
M Holicek MID3
-
J Lankester MID3
-
J Tabiner MID31
-
C McNeill FWD3
1
-
J March FWD32
1
-
C. Agius FWD3
1
-
M Demetriou DEF2
2
1
J White MID2
1
-
A. Thibaut FWD2
-
K. Ure MID1
-
C Thomas MID1
-