Match Day Thread Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra • L2 19 • 26/11/2016 15:00

• Colchester United v Crewe Alexandra [Saturday 26th November 2016 15:00]
• Venue - Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5UP.
• Forecast - 8°C; Overcast [LINK]

The U’s ended our epic 13 game winless drought in style with a 3-0 demolition of Cheltenham during the week, but we could’ve done without the visit of bogey team Crewe on Saturday as we look to build on it...

The Alex have a formidable 100% record at the WHCS, winning their last 7 successive visits to Colchester, representing 24 years of domination. It wasn’t always this way, in our first Football League stint the Cheshire side were virtually a guaranteed 3 points, but since our return to the FL in 1992, we’ve lost a miserable 12 of our last 16 meetings...

1962-1990 P 34 W 23 D 06 L 05 F 74 A 41 +33 (W% - 68%)
1992-2016 P 16 W 02 D 02 L 12 F 20 A 36 -16 (W% - 13%)

Despite their current lofty position of 7th, in the final play-off berth, the Railwaymen have only won 6 games this season – that’s just 1 more than the us - including just 2 in their last 10.

The disturbing and harrowing off-the-field revelations this week have cast a dark shadow over Crewe’s famous academy. It brings into sharp focus the safeguarding responsibilities all clubs have to the youngsters coming through their ranks to make sure nothing like this can ever happen again.

Full Time Result Probability: Colchester win 42%; Draw 27%; Crewe win 31%.

Recent Results

Colchester United

█ 24/09/2016 L2 09 Colchester United 1 - 2 Accrington Stanley
█ 27/09/2016 L2 10 Crawley Town 1 - 1 Colchester United
█ 01/10/2016 L2 11 Carlisle United 2 - 0 Colchester United
█ 08/10/2016 L2 12 Colchester United 0 - 0 Newport County AFC
█ 15/10/2016 L2 13 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Colchester United
█ 22/10/2016 L2 14 Colchester United 2 - 2 Morecambe
█ 29/10/2016 L2 15 Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Colchester United
█ 12/11/2016 L2 16 Colchester United 0 - 3 Leyton Orient
█ 19/11/2016 L2 17 Yeovil Town 2 - 1 Colchester United
█ 22/11/2016 L2 18 Cheltenham Town 0 - 3 Colchester United

█ 05/11/2016 FAC R1 Colchester United 1 - 2 Chesterfield
█ 04/10/2016 FLT S E-2 Colchester United 1 - 2 Southampton U23
█ 08/11/2016 FLT S E-3 Colchester United 1 - 1 Charlton Athletic

Crewe Alexandra

█ 24/09/2016 L1 09 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Blackpool
█ 27/09/2016 L1 10 Wycombe Wanderers 5 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
█ 01/10/2016 L1 11 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Mansfield Town
█ 08/10/2016 L1 12 Luton Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
█ 15/10/2016 L1 13 Notts County 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
█ 22/10/2016 L1 14 Crewe Alexandra 0 - 1 Yeovil Town
█ 29/10/2016 L1 15 Leyton Orient 0 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
█ 12/11/2016 L1 16 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Plymouth Argyle
█ 19/11/2016 L1 17 Barnet 0 - 0 Crewe Alexandra
█ 22/11/2016 L1 18 Crewe Alexandra 2 - 1 Morecambe

█ 05/11/2016 FAC R1 Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
█ 15/11/2016 FAC R1R Crewe Alexandra 1 - 4 Cheltenham Town
█ 04/10/2016 FLT N A-2 Crewe Alexandra 2 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23
█ 08/11/2016 FLT N A-3 Crewe Alexandra 0 - 2 Chesterfield

Form Stats

• Colchester United
Overall - LDLLLW (21/24)
Home - LWLDDL (19/24)

• Crewe Alexandra
Overall - DLWLDW (15/24)
Away - WLDDWD (12/24)

Goal Stats

• Colchester United
Attack - 11/24 (1.28 goals per game)
Defence - 19/24 (1.44 goals per game)
Goal Difference - 15/24 (-0.16)

Home Attack - 07/24 (1.62 goals per game)
Home Defence - 22/24 (1.75 goals per game)
Home Goal Difference - 16/24 (-0.13)

• Crewe Alexandra
Attack - 14/24 (1.22 goals per game)
Defence - 05/24 (1.17 goals per game)
Goal Difference - 08/24 (+0.05)

Away Attack - 13/24 (1.11 goals per game)
Away Defence - 11/24 (1.22 goals per game)
Away Goal Difference - 13/24 (-0.11)

Historical Stats

Our league record vs. Crewe Alexandra:
@ Colchester P 25 W 14 D 02 L 09 F 58 A 43 +15
@ Crewe P 25 W 11 D 06 L 08 F 36 A 34 +2

19/04/2016 L1 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Colchester United Callum Saunders 90+1; George Moncur 65P [3094]
24/11/2015 L1 Colchester United 2 - 3 Crewe Alexandra Callum Harriott 40, George Moncur 48; Ryan Colclough 61, Marcus Haber 80, Ryan Lowe 90+2 [2602]

07/02/2015 L1 Colchester United 2 - 3 Crewe Alexandra Chris Porter 45, Jack Marriott 84; James Jones 68, Nicky Ajose 73, Anthony Grant 81 [3134]
27/09/2014 L1 Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Colchester United Freddie Sears 57, Rhys Healey 63, Sanchez Watt 67 [3909]

21/04/2014 L1 Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Colchester United [4603]
29/12/2013 L1 Colchester United 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra Luke Garbutt 29; Chuks Aneke 73, Tom Hitchcock 76 [3430]

10/03/2013 L1 Colchester United 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra George Porter 42; Luke Murphy 25, Mathias Pogba 72 [3085]
10/11/2012 L1 Crewe Alexandra 3 - 2 Colchester United Lauri Dalla Valle 51, Luke Murphy 64, Mathias Pogba 74; Freddie Sears 3, Ian Henderson 30 [4292]

12/11/2011 FAC R1 Crewe Alexandra 1 - 4 Colchester United Byron Moore 19; Lloyd James 60, 90, Andy Bond 77, Ben Coker 87 [2325]

14/03/2009 L1 Colchester United 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra Calvin Zola 63 [4907]
13/09/2008 L1 Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 Colchester United Michael O'Connor 46, Tom Pope 69 [3510]

11/01/2003 D2 Colchester United 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra Micky Stockwell 41; Steve Jones 56, 62 [2949]
17/08/2002 D2 Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 Colchester United Rob Hulse 9, Lee Bell 81 [5138]

11/12/1993 D3 Colchester United 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra Tony English 44, Steve Brown 64; Darren Rowbotham 2, 17, Mark Gardiner 64, Gareth Whalley 90 [2647]
21/08/1993 D3 Crewe Alexandra 2 - 1 Colchester United Ashley Ward 41, 59; Steve Ball 68 [2700]

24/04/1993 D3 Crewe Alexandra 7 - 1 Colchester United Tony Naylor 2, 39, 63, 77, 86, David McKearney 23, Phil Clarkson 45; Tony English 22 [3250]
16/10/1992 D3 Colchester United 3 - 2 Crewe Alexandra Gary Bennett 4, Roy McDonough 40, Darren Oxbrow 75; Steve McCauley 7, Tony Naylor 77 [4524]

10/03/1989 D4 Colchester United 2 - 1 Crewe Alexandra Tony English 19, 82; Aidan Murphy 43 [3088]
04/11/1988 D4 Crewe Alexandra 3 - 1 Colchester United Mark Gardiner 13, Paul Edwards 63, Aaron Callaghan 76; Mario Walsh 9 [2787]

05/02/1988 D4 Colchester United 1 - 4 Crewe Alexandra Dale Tempest 47; Brent Goulet 15, 62, Paul Fishenden 22, Tony English 88OG [1822]
04/09/1987 D4 Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Colchester United [1843]

Fixtures

• Sky Bet League Two
26/11/2016 Accrington Stanley (18) v Yeovil Town (12) 15:00
26/11/2016 Barnet (11) v Notts County (15) 15:00
26/11/2016 Blackpool (10) v Newport County AFC (24) 15:00
26/11/2016 Cambridge United (14) v Cheltenham Town (23) 15:00
26/11/2016 Carlisle United (02) v Mansfield Town (09) 15:00
26/11/2016 Colchester United (17) v Crewe Alexandra (07) 15:00
26/11/2016 Crawley Town (19) v Grimsby Town (06) 15:00
26/11/2016 Doncaster Rovers (03) v Leyton Orient (22) 15:00
26/11/2016 Exeter City (21) v Luton Town (05) 15:00
26/11/2016 Morecambe (20) v Plymouth Argyle (01) 15:00
26/11/2016 Portsmouth (04) v Stevenage (16) 15:00
26/11/2016 Wycombe Wanderers (08) v Hartlepool United (13) 15:00

• U’s Next Five
10/12/2016 L2 20 Mansfield Town v Colchester United 15:00
17/12/2016 L2 21 Colchester United v Notts County 15:00
26/12/2016 L2 22 Luton Town v Colchester United 15:00
31/12/2016 L2 23 Stevenage v Colchester United 15:00
02/01/2017 L2 24 Colchester United v Cheltenham Town 15:00

 

Mike you really need to rename your stadium to THE AIRFIX ARENA .

 

Cheltenham 0 - 3 Colchester
Colchester 4 - 0 Crewe

The U's are on the march again and ready to take down the Chavboys all over again!