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

Fri 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Checkatrade.com Stadium, Crawley

Friday afternoon at the Checkatrade.com Stadium, and it’s a League Two clash between Crawley Town and Colchester United. Scott Lindsey and Danny Cowley will be doing all they can to claim the win. We have custom-designed stats for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.


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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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Team To Score First

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Crawley
36%
--
Draw
27%
--
Colchester
37%
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Draw 1-1
13%
--
Colchester 1-0
10%
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Crawley 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Colchester 2-1
8%
--
Crawley 2-1
8%
--
Colchester 2-0
6%
--
Crawley 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Colchester 3-1
3%
--
Crawley 3-1
3%
--
Colchester 3-0
3%
--
Crawley 3-0
3%
--
Colchester 3-2
2%
--
Crawley 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
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Home/draw
63%
--
Away/draw
64%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
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
55%
--
Away DNB
55%
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Crawley win to nil
20%
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Colchester win to nil
20%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Crawley have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Crawley have conceded 31 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Crawley have played 9 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Colchester lay in 10th place on 28 points in the League Two league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 16 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Crawley
Colchester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Walsall1912251138 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 27
Mar 28
w
 
0-2F
2
Notts C1910451134 
Jan 17
l
 
4-0A
Apr 25
w
 
1-3A
3
Swindon191045634 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Apr 10
d
 
0-00-0
4
Bromley19964833 
Dec 29
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-2A
Mar 21
5
MK Dons199551432 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 17
Jan 1
Mar 17
6
Cambridge19865430 
Jan 10
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
Feb 17
7
Salford19937-130 
May 2
l
 
4-3F
Feb 28
Dec 13
8
Gillingham19784629 
Mar 28
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 29
9
Chesterfield19784329 
Feb 21
d
 
2-2F
w
 
6-2F
Jan 10
10
Colchester19775728 
Dec 26
Mar 13
-
-
11
Barnet19775728 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Feb 21
d
 
1-1F
12
Crewe19847328 
Feb 7
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Jan 31
13
Grimsby19766727 
Apr 6
l
 
3-0A
Jan 27
w
 
1-2A
14
Fleetwood19766127 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 21
Jan 24
l
 
4-2F
15
Tranmere19685626 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 14
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
16
Accrington19667124 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
17
Oldham19586223 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Apr 3
d
 
1-1F
18
Barrow19559-820 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 24
l
 
0-2A
Feb 14
19
Cheltenham196211-1720 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 4
w
 
2-0F
May 2
20
Shrewsbury19469-1318 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Feb 7
w
 
0-2F
21
Crawley194510-1017 
-
-
Mar 13
Dec 26
22
Bristol R195212-2017 
w
 
4-0F
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Jan 17
23
Harrogate194411-1316 
Jan 31
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1A
Apr 18
24
Newport193412-1513 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 3
Dec 20
Mar 7
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Crawley 21ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crawley1 - 1Accrington
Crawley2 - 1Fleetwood
Crawley4 - 0Bristol R
Crawley1 - 1Walsall
Crawley1 - 2Barrow
Crawley2 - 0Cheltenham
Crawley0 - 2Tranmere
Crawley1 - 1MK Dons
Crawley1 - 2Newport
Crawley3 - 0Northampton
Crawley3 - 1Exeter
Crawley1 - 3L Orient
Crawley3 - 4Peterborough
Crawley1 - 0Bristol R
Crawley0 - 1Charlton
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Crawley0 - 2Cambridge
Crawley1 - 1Wigan
Crawley1 - 1Wycombe
Crawley3 - 1Stevenage
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACrawley1 - 3Bromley
ACrawley3 - 4Salford
HCrawley1 - 1Accrington
ACrawley2 - 2Gillingham
HCrawley2 - 1Fleetwood
HCrawley4 - 0Bristol R
ACrawley0 - 1Shrewsbury
HCrawley1 - 1Walsall
ACrawley1 - 3Cambridge
HCrawley1 - 2Barrow
ACrawley0 - 4Notts C
HCrawley2 - 0Cheltenham
ACrawley1 - 0Harrogate
ACrawley2 - 2Chesterfield
HCrawley0 - 2Tranmere
HCrawley1 - 1MK Dons
ACrawley0 - 1Crewe
HCrawley1 - 2Newport
ACrawley0 - 3Grimsby
ACrawley2 - 1Shrewsbury
Colchester 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Notts C1 - 3Colchester
Walsall0 - 2Colchester
Swindon0 - 0Colchester
Grimsby1 - 2Colchester
Fleetwood4 - 2Colchester
Accrington1 - 0Colchester
Barnet1 - 1Colchester
Shrewsbury0 - 2Colchester
Oldham1 - 1Colchester
Salford4 - 1Colchester
Doncaster3 - 0Colchester
Newport0 - 2Colchester
Gillingham1 - 1Colchester
Bradford4 - 1Colchester
Cheltenham0 - 1Colchester
MK Dons0 - 1Colchester
Notts C1 - 1Colchester
Carlisle0 - 0Colchester
Tranmere1 - 3Colchester
Harrogate0 - 0Colchester
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HColchester0 - 0Gillingham
HColchester2 - 0Cheltenham
AColchester3 - 1Notts C
AColchester2 - 0Walsall
HColchester0 - 2Bromley
AColchester0 - 0Swindon
HColchester3 - 1Harrogate
AColchester2 - 1Grimsby
HColchester6 - 2Chesterfield
AColchester2 - 4Fleetwood
HColchester1 - 1Bristol R
AColchester0 - 1Accrington
HColchester1 - 1Crewe
AColchester1 - 1Barnet
HColchester0 - 2Barrow
HColchester1 - 2Cambridge
AColchester2 - 0Shrewsbury
AColchester1 - 1Oldham
HColchester1 - 1Tranmere
HColchester0 - 0Barrow
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Crawley since 2013
Crawley
Colchester
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
8 / 11
5 / 11
Clean sheets
6 / 11
3 / 11
CRA
6
D
3
COU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crawley
2 - 3Colchester
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crawley3 - 1
Crawley1 - 0
Crawley2 - 1
Crawley2 - 0
0 - 2Colchester
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crawley1 - 0
Crawley3 - 0
League games at Colchester since 2012
Colchester
Crawley
Goals: Scored
17
17
Games: Scored
10 / 11
11 / 11
Clean sheets
0 / 11
1 / 11
CRA
4
D
5
COU
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
1 - 2Crawley
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Crawley
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Colchester3 - 1
Colchester3 - 1
2 - 3Crawley
2 - 3Crawley
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Crawley 21st Colchester 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Crawley will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Crawley’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Crawley
PG (predicted goals)
Colchester
1.3
1.3
Attack rating
CRA
COU
9%
better
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Games scored14
14
Failed to score5
5
Scored first9
8
Goals scored23
28
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal8
5
Conversion rate for12
19
Avg. XG for1.5
1.5
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
CRA
COU
23%
better
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Games conceded16
14
Clean sheets3
5
Conceded first10
9
Goals conceded33
21
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
15%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Crawley League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19436
J FlintH McKirdyH McKirdyK Scott
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Flint DEF192
2
-
K Tshimanga  FWD173
1
-
H McKirdy FWD1643
4
1
R Brown MID1512
3
-
L Watson MID15
1
-
H Forster MID1431
1
-
A Adeyemo FWD141
3
-
G Bajrami DEF1321
3
-
D Conroy DEF13
3
-
K. Dixon FWD12
-
L. Flower FWD1221
2
-
J Roles MID111
2
-
M Anderson MID111
3
-
H Davies GLK10
1
-
G Holohan MID10
2
-
D Pereira FWD103
1
-
J Wollacott  GLK9
-
K Scott MID9
6
-
J Williams MID91
2
-
R Loft FWD72
2
1
S Malone DEF511
1
-
D Cashman FWD5
1
-
T. Showunmi FWD2
-
J Mukena DEF1
-
B Radcliffe DEF1
1
-
C Barker DEF1
4
-
Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19644
J TuckerH AndersonH AndersonA Read
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Tucker DEF1921
2
-
A Read MID1912
4
-
M Macey GLK18
2
-
T Bishop MID17
1
-
S Tovide FWD1721
1
-
J. Williams FWD16
1
-
R Hunt DEF15
1
-
K Vincent-Young DEF15
2
-
H Anderson FWD1564
2
-
O Edwards FWD14
1
H. Araujo DEF131
1
-
J Payne MID1344
4
-
M. Mbick FWD1351
-
J Gordon FWD101
-
E Iandolo DEF9
4
-
T Flanagan DEF9
1
-
J. Powell DEF9
-
A. Akande FWD61
-
D Gape MID5
2
-
W Goodwin FWD51
-
B. Perry MID3
-
T Smith GLK2
1
-
J Baldwin DEF2
-