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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

Crewe Alexandra pay League Two competitors Colchester United a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Lee Bell leads his side into an away clash with Danny Cowley & co. at the JobServe Community Stadium. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head stats across every major market, so there really is only one place to get ready for this League Two clash.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Colchester or Crewe are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Colchester
45%
11/10-
Draw
25%
23/10-
Crewe
30%
21/10-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Colchester 1-0
10%
7/1-
Colchester 2-1
9%
8/1-
Crewe 1-0
8%
9/1-
Colchester 2-0
7%
10/1-
Crewe 2-1
7%
11/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Colchester 3-1
5%
16/1-
Crewe 2-0
5%
16/1-
Colchester 3-0
4%
20/1-
Crewe 3-1
3%
25/1-
Colchester 3-2
3%
25/1-
Crewe 3-2
2%
33/1-
Crewe 3-0
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
9/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
9/10-
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/5-
Away 1st Goal
45%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
56%
8/11-
BTTS - No
44%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
10/3-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
5/1-
Home/draw
70%
1/3-
Away/draw
55%
8/13-
Home/away
75%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
5/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
9/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/3-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1-
Home DNB
62%
4/7-
Away DNB
48%
5/4-
Colchester win to nil
23%
11/4-
Crewe win to nil
15%
5/1-
Colchester / Colchester
24%
5/2-
Colchester / Crewe
3%
28/1-
Colchester / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Colchester
15%
9/2-
Draw / Crewe
11%
13/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Crewe / Colchester
4%
22/1-
Crewe / Crewe
15%
9/2-
Crewe / Draw
6%
14/1-
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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
Bristol R5401612 
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
Oct 3
Apr 27
2
Swindon5311210 
Feb 13
l
 
3-1F
Apr 13
Oct 10
3
Barnet523049 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Oct 31
Jan 30
4
Tranmere523049 
Mar 20
Nov 21
Dec 29
Apr 3
5
Walsall523049 
Oct 31
Jan 30
d
 
2-2A
Feb 9
6
Fleetwood523039 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Mar 29
Dec 26
7
Crewe523029 
Sep 12
Feb 20
-
-
8
Cheltenham522118 
Sep 19
Apr 17
Apr 10
Dec 12
9
York522118 
Nov 28
May 1
d
 
1-1F
Feb 13
10
Oldham521227 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 13
Jan 1
Mar 26
11
Grimsby514017 
May 8
Dec 1
Nov 28
May 1
12
Colchester5212-27 
-
-
Feb 20
Sep 12
13
Gillingham513106 
Nov 14
Feb 27
Mar 20
Nov 21
14
Northampton513106 
Jan 23
Oct 24
w
 
1-0F
Mar 13
15
Salford5203-26 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Dec 17
Jan 9
16
Exeter512205 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Jan 19
Oct 20
17
Rotherham5122-15 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Apr 24
Sep 26
18
Chesterfield5122-15 
Jan 19
Oct 20
Jan 23
Oct 24
19
Accrington5122-25 
Mar 6
d
 
2-2F
May 8
Dec 1
20
Newport5113-14 
Apr 13
Oct 10
Nov 14
Feb 27
21
Crawley5113-34 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Mar 6
w
 
0-1F
22
Rochdale5104-53 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
Oct 17
Jan 16
23
Shrewsbury5104-83 
Apr 24
Sep 26
Sep 19
Apr 17
24
Port Vale5023-52 
Oct 3
Apr 27
Feb 6
d
 
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Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Colchester 12TH
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
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AColchester1 - 3Swindon
AColchester0 - 2Bristol R
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
Crewe 7TH
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
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCrewe1 - 1York
HCrewe2 - 2Walsall
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
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
Colchester 12th Crewe 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Crewe will score no more than 1 goal
 
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
1.2
Attack rating
10%
better
COU
CRE
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Games scored3
3
Failed to score1
1
Scored first2
2
Goals scored5
4
Avg. goals scored1
0.8
Avg. shots per game6
8
Avg. shots per goal6
10
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
COU
CRE
53%
better
view stats
Games conceded3
1
Clean sheets1
3
Conceded first2
1
Goals conceded5
2
Avg. goals conceded1
0.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
19
Conversion rate against11%
5%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+53%

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
5121
T Lo-TutalaE IandoloO. ThornE Iandolo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Lo-Tutala GLK5
-
S Raggett DEF5
-
E Iandolo DEF51
1
-
R Hunt DEF51
1
-
J Tucker DEF5
1
-
J Payne MID51
-
O. Thorn FWD52
-
L. Chiwome FWD5
-
B Ihionvien FWD5
-
H Anderson FWD51
-
K Vincent-Young DEF41
1
-
J. Williams FWD41
-
M. Sesay FWD41
-
F Terry DEF3
-
P Digby MID3
-
K Kouassi FWD21
-
J Leake DEF1
-
S. Kuffour DEF1
-
J Williams MID1
-
T Bishop MID1
-
Crewe League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5323
T BoothJ MarchJ TabinerM Demetriou
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Booth GLK5
-
L Offord DEF51
-
L Billington DEF5
1
-
R Hutchinson DEF51
-
J Gibson MID5
1
-
M Holicek MID5
-
J Lankester MID5
-
J Tabiner MID52
-
C McNeill FWD5
1
-
J March FWD53
1
-
C. Agius FWD51
1
-
M Demetriou DEF4
2
1
J White MID4
1
-
A. Thibaut FWD4
-
K. Ure MID2
-
C Thomas MID1
-