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

Alexandra Stadium, Crewe

Saturday afternoon sees Lee Bell’s Crewe Alexandra and Danny Cowley’s Colchester United go head to head in a League Two battle at the Alexandra Stadium. We provide predictions based on complex statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 major betting markets. The data and the odds are unique to each market, and head-to-head statistics are included for all.

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Crewe Alexandra's next match is v Gillingham at 15:00 on Saturday 14th February
Colchester United's next match is v Barrow at 15:00 on Saturday 14th February

The last English League Two meeting between Crewe and Colchester was on Saturday 31st January 2026

English League Two

January 31st 2026

Crewe 1	0 Colchester

C. Agius 68'

	CRE COU
Shots On	2 3
Shots Off	1 8
Corners	2 7
Possession	38% 62%
Fouls	8 12
Yellow/red cards	1/0 2/0

Crewe	Colchester

L. Billington R. Hutchinson M. Demetriou A. Pond M. Sanders (L. Moore 65') M. Holíček J. Powell (O. Lunt 57') T. O'Reilly (C. Thomas 76') C. Agius J. March (A. Thibaut 56') I. Lawlor	M. Macey (J. Gordon 81') R. Hunt J. Tucker F. Back H. Araujo J. Payne K. Lisbie (S. Tovide 62') W. Goodwin O. Edwards F. Barbrook (J. Williams 71') D. Gape

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Colchester and Crewe supporters may have some reason for celebration ahead as their teams go head-to-head, with a match prediction of both teams to score looking a much better pick than any bet on the WDW market. The two sides have goals in them, as is borne out by the stats and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookmakers odds are not finding anything to pick between the sides, with equal threat among their respective squads. Both teams to score is our top tip.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Crewe are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.60.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Crewe 42%	31/20	1/33
Draw 24%	12/5	10/1
Colchester 34%	17/10	70/1
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	5/1
Crewe 2-1 9%	9/1	28/1
Crewe 1-0 8%	8/1	2/7
Colchester 2-1 8%	9/1	40/1
Colchester 1-0 7%	8/1	19/5
Crewe 2-0 6%	12/1	13/2
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	100/1
Draw 0-0 5%	9/1	11/10
Colchester 2-0 5%	12/1	14/1
Crewe 3-1 5%	20/1	100/1
Colchester 3-1 4%	20/1	125/1
Crewe 3-0 3%	25/1	40/1
Crewe 3-2 3%	28/1	250/1
Colchester 3-2 3%	28/1	200/1
Colchester 3-0 2%	25/1	45/1
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	19/20	40/1
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	17/20	1/1000
Home 1st Goal 50%	20/21	11/5
Away 1st Goal 47%	1/1	21/10
No 1st Goal 3%	9/1	11/10
BTTS - Yes 61%	8/11	10/1
BTTS - No 39%	1/1	1/33
BTTS - Home Win 23%	4/1	25/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	5/1
BTTS - Away Win 19%	4/1	33/1
Home/draw 66%	4/9	1/500
Away/draw 58%	1/2	10/1
Home/away 76%	3/10	1/33
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/7	6/1
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	5/2	1/12
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	12/5	150/1
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	3/10	1/1000
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	11/2	1/50
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1/9	1/50
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	14/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/16	4/6
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	9/1	11/10
Home DNB 59%	5/6	10/11
Away DNB 50%	5/6	4/5
Crewe win to nil 19%	7/2	-
Colchester win to nil 15%	7/2	-
Crewe / Crewe 19%	3/1	10/1
Crewe / Colchester 3%	25/1	40/1
Crewe / Draw 7%	12/1	20/1
Draw / Crewe 13%	5/1	14/5
Draw / Colchester 13%	11/2	13/5
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	6/4
Colchester / Crewe 3%	25/1	33/1
Colchester / Colchester 20%	10/3	9/1
Colchester / Draw 6%	12/1	22/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Crewe have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Crewe have conceded 23 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 4 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Crewe have played 14 games at home, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Colchester lay in 10th place on 42 points in the League Two league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 8 and losing 3 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Colchester have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Colchester have played 13 away games, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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	Crewe Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	30	18	8	4	22	62	l 0-1A	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	Mar 21
2	Notts C	30	17	6	7	16	57	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	Apr 25	w 1-3A
3	Swindon	30	17	4	9	16	55	l 0-3A	Feb 21	Apr 10	d 0-00-0
4	MK Dons	30	15	9	6	26	54	Apr 18	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	Mar 17
5	Cambridge	29	15	8	6	15	53	May 2	l 2-1F	l 1-2F	Feb 17
6	Salford	29	16	4	9	6	52	Apr 6	w 1-3F	Feb 28	l 4-3F
7	Walsall	30	14	7	9	7	49	Mar 14	l 1-0A	Mar 28	w 0-2F
8	Chesterfield	30	12	12	6	8	48	d 3-3A	Apr 25	w 6-2F	-
9	Crewe	31	13	8	10	9	47	-	-	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
10	Barnet	30	12	10	8	9	46	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	Feb 21	d 1-1F
11	Colchester	29	12	9	8	12	45	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	-	-
12	Grimsby	29	12	9	8	9	45	w 3-2A	Apr 11	l 0-1A	w 1-2A
13	Accrington	29	12	7	10	5	43	w 2-0F	Apr 3	-	l 1-0A
14	Gillingham	29	10	11	8	4	41	Feb 14	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
15	Fleetwood	29	10	7	12	-1	37	Feb 17	w 1-4F	w 2-1F	l 4-2F
16	Oldham	28	8	11	9	-1	35	Mar 28	d 0-00-0	Apr 3	d 1-1F
17	Tranmere	30	8	8	14	-8	32	Feb 28	w 1-4F	d 1-1A	Apr 6
18	Cheltenham	29	9	3	17	-22	30	w 4-1F	Mar 17	w 2-0F	May 2
19	Bristol R	30	8	3	19	-22	27	d 1-1F	Mar 7	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
20	Crawley	30	6	8	16	-16	26	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Mar 13	d 1-1A
21	Barrow	28	6	6	16	-15	24	w 3-1F	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Feb 14
22	Shrewsbury	29	5	8	16	-26	23	w 3-1F	Mar 21	w 2-0F	w 0-2F
23	Newport	29	5	6	18	-25	21	d 2-2F	l 2-0A	w 4-1F	Mar 7
24	Harrogate	31	5	6	20	-28	21	d 1-1F	w 1-2A	w 3-1A	Apr 18

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	3 - 1	Barrow
Crewe	1 - 1	Harrogate
Crewe	4 - 1	Cheltenham
Crewe	1 - 1	Bristol R
Crewe	2 - 2	Newport
Crewe	3 - 3	Chesterfield
Crewe	3 - 1	Shrewsbury
Crewe	3 - 2	Grimsby
Crewe	0 - 1	Bromley
Crewe	2 - 1	Notts C
Crewe	1 - 2	Barnet
Crewe	0 - 3	Swindon
Crewe	1 - 0	Crawley
Crewe	2 - 0	Accrington
Crewe	0 - 1	Walsall
Crewe	0 - 1	MK Dons
Crewe	2 - 3	Cheltenham
Crewe	2 - 0	Grimsby
Crewe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Crewe	1 - 1	Doncaster

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Crewe	2 - 2	Bromley
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Notts C
H	Crewe	3 - 1	Barrow
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Harrogate
H	Crewe	4 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Crewe	0 - 2	Newport
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Walsall
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Crewe	4 - 1	Tranmere
H	Crewe	2 - 2	Newport
A	Crewe	1 - 2	Cambridge
H	Crewe	3 - 3	Chesterfield
A	Crewe	0 - 0	Oldham
H	Crewe	3 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Crewe	3 - 2	Grimsby
A	Crewe	1 - 3	MK Dons
H	Crewe	0 - 1	Bromley
A	Crewe	2 - 1	Harrogate
H	Crewe	2 - 1	Notts C
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Barrow

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R	0 - 1	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Crawley	1 - 1	Colchester
Salford	4 - 3	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 3	Colchester
Walsall	0 - 2	Colchester
Swindon	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	1 - 2	Colchester
Fleetwood	4 - 2	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 0	Colchester
Barnet	1 - 1	Colchester
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Colchester
Oldham	1 - 1	Colchester
Salford	4 - 1	Colchester
Doncaster	3 - 0	Colchester
Newport	0 - 2	Colchester
Gillingham	1 - 1	Colchester
Bradford	4 - 1	Colchester
Cheltenham	0 - 1	Colchester
MK Dons	0 - 1	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Colchester	0 - 2	Bromley
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Colchester	3 - 1	Harrogate
A	Colchester	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Colchester	6 - 2	Chesterfield
A	Colchester	2 - 4	Fleetwood
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Colchester	0 - 1	Accrington

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Crewe have drawn with Colchester in 4 consecutive league meetings

Crewe have not lost to Colchester in 8 consecutive home league meetings

Crewe

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 12

5 / 12

Clean sheets

7 / 12

4 / 12

CRE

COU

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

Colchester

Crewe

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 12

8 / 12

Clean sheets

4 / 12

2 / 12

CRE

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Colchester	4 - 0
Colchester	6 - 0
Colchester	3 - 1
Colchester	4 - 0
	2 - 3	Crewe
	2 - 3	Crewe
	1 - 2	Crewe
	1 - 2	Crewe
	0 - 1	Crewe

Goal Statistics

	Crewe 13th	Colchester 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Crewe will score 1 or more goals	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Colchester will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Crewe’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+10 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

CRE

COU

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Games scored	20		21
Failed to score	8		6
Scored first	15		13
Goals scored	44		41
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		5
Conversion rate for	18		19
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+1%

CRE

COU

16%

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Games conceded	25		20
Clean sheets	3		7
Conceded first	12		12
Goals conceded	37		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	14%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+16%

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

Crewe League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
31	7	8	8
L Billington	J March	T O'Reilly	R Hutchinson

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
I Lawlor GLK	7			1 -
L Billington DEF	31		2	3 -
A Pond DEF	6	1		2 -
M Demetriou DEF	24	2	2	3 -
R Hutchinson DEF	30	3	5	8 -
J Powell MID	15		1	1 -
M Sanders MID	28	3	4	7 -
T O'Reilly MID	31	6	8	4 -
M Holicek MID	20	1		3 -
C. Agius MID	28	6	2	1 -
J March FWD	25	7	6	2 -
Subs
T Booth GLK	19			1 -
C Finney DEF	19		1	1 -
J Connolly DEF	29	2		6 -
C Thomas MID	19	2		1 -
O Lunt MID	29	2	3	5 -
L. Moore MID	1			-
A. Thibaut FWD	11		1	2 1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	20	8	10
J March	J March	T O'Reilly	T O'Reilly

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J March FWD	7	20	6	4
T O'Reilly MID	6	14	8	10
C. Agius MID	6	12	2	3
R Hutchinson DEF	3	8	5	7
M Sanders MID	3	13	4	9
M Demetriou DEF	2	9	2	3
Subs
J Connolly DEF	2	6
C Thomas MID	2	6
O Lunt MID	2	6	3	3
A Pond DEF	1	2
M Holicek MID	1	4		3
L Billington DEF		5	2	5
J Powell MID		1	1
Subs
C Finney DEF			1
A. Thibaut FWD		2	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1491	55	235
M Sanders	T O'Reilly	J Connolly

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Sanders MID	1491	51	126
L Billington DEF	1165	37	129
Subs
J Connolly DEF	1026	31	235
R Hutchinson DEF	947	45	139
M Demetriou DEF	928	28	186
T O'Reilly MID	638	55	166
Subs
T Booth GLK	591		16
O Lunt MID	503	55	159
C. Agius MID	495	41	101
J Powell MID	393	15	28
M Holicek MID	323	29	82
Subs
C Thomas MID	318	21	41
J March FWD	317	22	164
A Pond DEF	230	9	41
I Lawlor GLK	211		2
Subs
C Finney DEF	187	14	38
A. Thibaut FWD	40		18
L. Moore MID	6	1	1

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	10	5	6
J Tucker	K. Lisbie	J Payne	K. Lisbie

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	28			3 -
F Back DEF	1			1 -
J Tucker DEF	29	2	1	2 -
H. Araujo DEF	23		1	2 -
R Hunt DEF	25			3 -
F. Barbrook MID	2			-
D Gape MID	10			4 -
K. Lisbie MID	29	10	4	6 -
J Payne MID	22	6	5	5 -
O Edwards MID	24	1	1	1 1
W Goodwin FWD	14	2		1 -
Subs
T Smith GLK	3			1 -
F Terry DEF	5		1	-
S Tovide FWD	27	3	5	3 -
J Gordon FWD	12		1	-
J. Williams FWD	20			1 -
A. Akande FWD	7		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	21	5	9
K. Lisbie	K. Lisbie	J Payne	J Payne

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K. Lisbie MID	10	21	4	5
J Payne MID	6	12	5	9
Subs
S Tovide FWD	3	11	5	8
J Tucker DEF	2	6	1	1
W Goodwin FWD	2	4		1
O Edwards MID	1	3	1	2
H. Araujo DEF		2	1	1
R Hunt DEF		2		3
Subs
F Terry DEF		1	1
J Gordon FWD			1
J. Williams FWD		3		2
A. Akande FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1400	33	184
J Tucker	J Payne	J Tucker

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Tucker DEF	1400	15	184
H. Araujo DEF	1136	25	127
R Hunt DEF	767	24	83
J Payne MID	756	33	94
M Macey GLK	728		12
O Edwards MID	389	24	55
K. Lisbie MID	246	19	89
Subs
S Tovide FWD	237	10	80
F Terry DEF	116	3	18
D Gape MID	110	12	25
W Goodwin FWD	106	2	40
Subs
J. Williams FWD	95	6	25
F. Barbrook MID	77	1	3
Subs
J Gordon FWD	77	8	25
T Smith GLK	55		1
F Back DEF	51	3	7
Subs
A. Akande FWD	47	4	10