FREE BETS	ODDS	RETURNS	BET
-	-	-
£20	-	-

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

Fri 20th Dec, 19:45 BST, Alexandra Stadium, Crewe

Colchester United are away on Friday evening, as manager Danny Cowley takes his team to visit Crewe Alexandra and Lee Bell at the Alexandra Stadium in the League Two. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League Two performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Want to know who’s consistently beating the odds? Check out the Top League Two Tipsters and see the most profitable experts for this season!

If you’re keen on betting across various leagues and markets, our Live Bets page showcases active accumulator bets and real-time tips.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Crewe 46%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Colchester 28%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Crewe 1-0 11%	-	-
Crewe 2-1 9%	-	-
Crewe 2-0 8%	-	-
Colchester 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Colchester 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Crewe 3-1 5%	-	-
Colchester 2-0 4%	-	-
Crewe 3-0 4%	-	-
Crewe 3-2 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-1 2%	-	-
Colchester 3-2 2%	-	-
Crewe 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	-	-
BTTS - No 49%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 72%	-	-
Away/draw 54%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 65%	-	-
Away DNB 46%	-	-
Crewe win to nil 26%	-	-
Colchester win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Crewe have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 23 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Crewe have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 13 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Colchester are in 18th position in the League Two on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Colchester have conceded 17 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 3 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	Crewe Colchester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	18	11	4	3	15	37	May 3	d 1-1F	Feb 8	l 4-0A
2	Port Vale	19	10	5	4	7	35	Mar 29	d 1-1A	Jan 28	d 1-1A
3	Doncaster	19	9	6	4	6	33	Mar 15	d 1-1F	Dec 29	Apr 21
4	Crewe Home	18	8	7	3	6	31	-	-	Apr 18	Dec 20
5	Grimsby	19	10	1	8	-1	31	Apr 1	Dec 14	Mar 28	w 0-1F
6	AFC Wim	18	9	3	6	14	30	Jan 28	Feb 11	Feb 22	l 4-2F
7	MK Dons	17	9	3	5	11	30	Apr 21	Dec 29	w 2-0F	Mar 1
8	Chesterfield	19	7	7	5	10	28	l 0-5A	Mar 1	Mar 4	d 1-1F
9	Notts C	18	7	7	4	7	28	w 2-0F	Mar 22	Apr 5	-
10	Gillingham	18	8	2	8	3	26	w 2-0F	Feb 15	Dec 26	Apr 1
11	Bradford	18	6	7	5	4	25	d 1-1F	Apr 5	d 1-1A	Mar 22
12	Salford	18	6	6	6	-2	24	d 1-1A	Mar 8	l 1-2A	Apr 26
13	Barrow	18	6	5	7	1	23	Feb 22	l 1-0A	May 3	d 1-1A
14	Bromley	18	5	8	5	0	23	Jan 5	w 1-2A	d 1-1A	Jan 18
15	Cheltenham	19	6	5	8	-3	23	Apr 12	Dec 26	l 1-2A	Mar 8
16	Fleetwood	17	5	7	5	1	22	Mar 4	w 0-1F	Mar 15	d 0-00-0
17	Newport	18	6	4	8	-7	22	Feb 8	l 2-1A	Dec 14	Apr 12
18	Colchester Away	18	4	9	5	1	21	Dec 20	Apr 18	-	-
19	Harrogate	19	6	3	10	-12	21	w 3-0F	Feb 1	l 0-1A	-
20	Accrington	18	4	6	8	-8	18	Jan 25	w 0-1F	Jan 4	d 1-1A
21	Tranmere	18	4	6	8	-13	18	w 3-1A	Apr 26	w 3-0F	Feb 1
22	Swindon	19	3	7	9	-10	16	d 0-00-0	Jan 11	w 4-0F	Jan 1
23	Morecambe	19	3	5	11	-15	14	w 1-0F	Jan 18	Jan 25	d 3-3A
24	Carlisle	18	3	5	10	-15	14	Jan 1	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	Feb 15

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Crewe have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Colchester have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	1 - 1	Bradford
Crewe	2 - 0	Notts C
Crewe	3 - 1	Tranmere
Crewe	1 - 1	Salford
Crewe	2 - 0	Gillingham
Crewe	3 - 0	Harrogate
Crewe	1 - 0	Morecambe
Crewe	0 - 0	Swindon
Crewe	0 - 5	Chesterfield
Crewe	0 - 2	Doncaster
Crewe	0 - 3	Wrexham
Crewe	0 - 3	Grimsby
Crewe	0 - 3	Forest Green
Crewe	1 - 1	AFC Wim
Crewe	1 - 0	Sutton
Crewe	2 - 3	Morecambe
Crewe	0 - 0	Harrogate
Crewe	1 - 0	Crawley
Crewe	2 - 3	Salford
Crewe	2 - 1	Swindon

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Bradford
A	Crewe	1 - 1	Carlisle
A	Crewe	1 - 1	Port Vale
H	Crewe	2 - 0	Notts C
A	Crewe	1 - 1	Walsall
H	Crewe	3 - 1	Tranmere
A	Crewe	1 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Crewe	1 - 1	Salford
A	Crewe	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Crewe	2 - 0	Gillingham
A	Crewe	1 - 2	Newport
H	Crewe	3 - 0	Harrogate
A	Crewe	1 - 0	Accrington
H	Crewe	1 - 0	Morecambe
A	Crewe	2 - 1	Bromley
H	Crewe	0 - 0	Swindon
H	Crewe	0 - 5	Chesterfield
A	Crewe	0 - 1	Barrow
A	Crewe	0 - 2	Crawley
A	Crewe	2 - 0	Doncaster

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Colchester
Grimsby	0 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	1 - 1	Colchester
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Colchester
Port Vale	1 - 1	Colchester
Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
Morecambe	3 - 3	Colchester
Accrington	1 - 1	Colchester
AFC Wim	4 - 2	Colchester
Notts C	1 - 0	Colchester
Crawley	2 - 3	Colchester
Tranmere	1 - 1	Colchester
Mansfield	1 - 1	Colchester
Barrow	2 - 0	Colchester
Salford	1 - 1	Colchester
Sutton	1 - 1	Colchester
Harrogate	1 - 0	Colchester
Morecambe	0 - 1	Colchester
Swindon	2 - 2	Colchester
AFC Wim	5 - 3	Colchester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colchester	4 - 0	Swindon
A	Colchester	0 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Colchester	1 - 0	Grimsby
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bradford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Barrow
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Salford
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Colchester	1 - 2	Cheltenham
H	Colchester	0 - 0	Carlisle
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Port Vale
A	Colchester	0 - 4	Walsall
H	Colchester	3 - 0	Tranmere
A	Colchester	3 - 3	Morecambe
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Bromley
A	Colchester	1 - 1	Accrington
H	Colchester	0 - 1	Harrogate
H	Colchester	2 - 0	MK Dons
A	Colchester	2 - 4	AFC Wim
H	Colchester	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Colchester	1 - 4	Doncaster

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Crewe have not lost to Colchester in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Crewe

Colchester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

5 / 11

Clean sheets

6 / 11

3 / 11

CRE

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crewe
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

9 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

1 / 10

CRE

COU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colchester
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 Alexandra have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 15 consecutive League Two outings. Their PG of 1.5 against Colchester United on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Crewe Alexandra's defensive record is very strong, L. Bell's men having conceded 1 or less in 10 consecutive League Two games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Colchester United makes sense in this context.

	Crewe 4th	Colchester 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Crewe will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Colchester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Crewe have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	-9 Colchester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

10%

better

CRE

COU

view stats

Games scored	15		14
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	9		6
Goals scored	22		23
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+10%

16%

better

CRE

COU

view stats

Games conceded	11		12
Clean sheets	7		6
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	16		22
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		7
Conversion rate against	12%		15%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.2
KickOff rating		+16%

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

Crewe League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	4	5
F Marschall	S Tracey	R Cooney	S Tracey

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Marschall GLK	18			2 -
M Conway DEF	18	1	1	1 -
Z Williams DEF	18	1	2	3 -
S Tracey FWD	18	5		5 -
M Demetriou DEF	17	1		2 -
J Tabiner MID	17	1	2	4 -
M Sanders MID	17			4 -
R Cooney DEF	16	3	4	5 -
M Holicek MID	16		1	2 -
J Connolly DEF	14			1 -
J. Knight-Lebel DEF	13			3 -
J Lankester MID	13	3	4	4 -
K Breckin MID	12			2 -
C Thomas MID	10		1	1 -
O Bogle FWD	9	2	1	-
O Lunt MID	8			-
K Hemmings FWD	8	3		1 -
L Billington DEF	7			1 -
C Long FWD	4	1		1
C Finney DEF	3			-
J Powell MID	2			1 -
C. Agius FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	9	4	13
S Tracey	J Lankester	R Cooney	M Conway

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Tracey FWD	5	7		7
J Lankester MID	3	9	4	9
R Cooney DEF	3	6	4	11
K Hemmings FWD	3	6		2
O Bogle FWD	2	3	1	2
Z Williams DEF	1	2	2	7
M Demetriou DEF	1	2		6
J Tabiner MID	1	7	2	12
C Long FWD	1	1
M Conway DEF	1	3	1	13
J Powell MID				1
C Finney DEF				1
O Lunt MID		2		2
C Thomas MID			1	2
K Breckin MID				2
J. Knight-Lebel DEF		1
J Connolly DEF		1		2
M Holicek MID		1	1	5
M Sanders MID		4		7

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
871	39	172
M Demetriou	M Sanders	M Demetriou

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Demetriou DEF	871	24	172
Z Williams DEF	706	16	73
M Sanders MID	652	39	67
F Marschall GLK	569		18
J. Knight-Lebel DEF	452	16	69
J Connolly DEF	407	12	55
R Cooney DEF	406	30	60
J Tabiner MID	370	18	47
M Conway DEF	365	29	128
M Holicek MID	237	19	54
S Tracey FWD	215	14	56
C Thomas MID	212	19	30
J Lankester MID	171	16	59
K Hemmings FWD	128	2	43
L Billington DEF	127	3	9
K Breckin MID	102	7	15
O Bogle FWD	63	4	30
O Lunt MID	39	3	12
J Powell MID	31		3
C Finney DEF	18	2	4
C Long FWD	5	1	2
C. Agius FWD	4	1	1

Colchester League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	6	4
M Macey	S Tovide	J Payne	M Egbo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Macey GLK	18			2 -
E Iandolo DEF	18			3 -
M Egbo DEF	18			4 -
J Payne MID	18	3	6	2 -
J Gordon FWD	18	1		-
A Read MID	16	1	2	1 -
S Tovide FWD	16	5	5	3 -
T Flanagan DEF	14			4 -
R Hunt DEF	14			2 -
A Woodyard MID	14			3 -
L Taylor FWD	13	5		3 -
H Anderson FWD	12	1		-
O Edwards FWD	12	2	2	3 -
T Hopper FWD	12			-
A Donnelly DEF	11			-
J. McDonnell MID	10	1		2 -
B Goodliffe DEF	9	3		1 -
T Bishop MID	9		1	-
A Scully FWD	6			-
F Kelleher DEF	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	6	20
S Tovide	S Tovide	J Payne	J Payne

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Tovide FWD	5	15	5	8
L Taylor FWD	5	12		13
J Payne MID	3	12	6	20
B Goodliffe DEF	3	4		1
O Edwards FWD	2	4	2	6
J Gordon FWD	1	4		3
A Read MID	1	5	2	14
J. McDonnell MID	1	1		5
H Anderson FWD	1	4		2
A Scully FWD		1
T Bishop MID		5	1	1
A Donnelly DEF				4
T Hopper FWD		3		3
E Iandolo DEF		4		3
A Woodyard MID				4
R Hunt DEF				1
T Flanagan DEF		1		3
M Egbo DEF		4		8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
837	38	117
E Iandolo	J. McDonnell	E Iandolo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Iandolo DEF	837	27	117
T Flanagan DEF	632	15	71
J Payne MID	575	29	94
M Macey GLK	513		3
A Donnelly DEF	468	2	31
M Egbo DEF	454	20	54
A Read MID	405	19	48
A Woodyard MID	334	25	53
J. McDonnell MID	314	38	70
R Hunt DEF	308	18	39
T Bishop MID	249	16	31
L Taylor FWD	245	5	32
J Gordon FWD	229	25	69
B Goodliffe DEF	217	3	34
O Edwards FWD	168	9	36
S Tovide FWD	165	5	75
T Hopper FWD	163	9	68
F Kelleher DEF	117	2	19
H Anderson FWD	105	9	32
A Scully FWD	36	2	8

English League Two match betting previews, predictions and odds

Cheltenham v Morecambe

Sat 14th Dec, 15:00

Carlisle v Chesterfield

Fleetwood v Accrington

Mon 16th Dec, 20:00

Gillingham v Cheltenham

Chesterfield v AFC Wim

Colchester v Gillingham

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00

AFC Wim v Swindon

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00

Fleetwood v Chesterfield

Tranmere v Accrington

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

Crewe have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Colchester are in 18th position in the League Two on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

About.

Betting offers

Betting Tips

Key Competitions