CREWE. Crewe Alexandra overcome Colchester United to win 2-1. C. Long was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Crewe Alexandra to strike first with an early goal of Christopher Long at the 3′. Then Christopher Long scored again for Crewe Alexandra in the 8′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Eventually, Samson Tovide reduced the distance for Colchester United (53′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Colchester United lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Alexandra Stadium stadium in Crewe on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 4,070 spectators. The referee was Charles Breakspear assisted by Marvyn Amphlett and Jack Clench. The 4th official was Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.96 degrees Celsius or 58.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 10 Total 20
- 3 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 7
- 78 Attack 104
- 39 Dangerous attack 57
- 113 Ball safe 125
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 10
Fouls
- 16 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Colchester United had a strong ball possession 60% while Crewe Alexandra was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Colchester United was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Crewe Alexandra managed to find the solution to win this match.
Crewe Alexandra shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Colchester United shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card (Mickey Demetriou). Talking about the opposition, Colchester United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Crewe Alexandra will have 16 points like Swindon Town to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Colchester United will stay with 7 points like Salford City and Forest Green Rovers to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra will host Harrogate Town on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Crewe Alexandra (1 draw).
Colchester United will host Accrington Stanley on the 17th of February with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Accrington Stanley (0 draws).
Crewe Alexandra – Formation
Crewe Alexandra started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Lee Bell decided to play with the following team: Harvey Davies , Rio Adebisi , Luke Offord , Mickey Demetriou , Zac Williams , Jack Powell , Joel Tabiner , Joe White , Shilow Tracey , Courtney Baker-Richardson and Christopher Long .
The home team had on the bench: Ryan Cooney, Tom Booth, Matus Holicek , Owen Lunt , Elliott Nevitt , Aaron Rowe and Charlie Finney .
Substitutions
Crewe Alexandra made 4 changes: Joe White for Matus Holicek (57′), Shilow Tracey for Charlie Finney (57′), Jack Powell for Owen Lunt (74′) and Christopher Long for Elliott Nevitt (75′).
Best player: Christopher Long
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Christopher Long.
His rating is with 2 goals, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Colchester United – Formation
Colchester United started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Ben Garner played with: Owen Goodman , Mandela Egbo , Zach Mitchell , Connor Hall , Jayden Fevrier , Arthur Read , Cameron McGeehan , Al-Amin Kazeem , Noah Chilvers , Joe Taylor and Samson Tovide .
They had on the bench: William Greenidge, Mauro Bandeira, Tom Smith, Tom Hopper, Jay Mingi , Donell Thomas and Bradley Ihionvien .
Substitutions
Colchester United made only 1 change substituting Cameron McGeehan for Jade Jay Mingi (74′).
Best player: Noah Chilvers
The player that probably impressed the most for Colchester United was Noah Chilvers.
His rating is with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Walsall – AFC Wimbledon – 1-3
- Tranmere Rovers – Accrington Stanley – 2-0
- Sutton United – Milton Keynes Dons – 1-1
- Stockport County – Wrexham – 5-0
- Notts County – Forest Green Rovers – 4-3
- Newport County – Bradford City – 1-4
- Morecambe – Swindon Town – 2-2
- Mansfield Town – Barrow – 1-0
- Harrogate Town – Salford City – 3-2
- Grimsby Town – Crawley Town – 2-3
- Doncaster Rovers – Gillingham – 2-1
- Crewe Alexandra – Colchester United – 2-1