CRAWLEY. Crawley Town beat Colchester United 3-1 thanks to A. Nadesan who scored in the 15th and 55th minute. Crawley Town was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with A. Nadesan (15′), J. Lynch (37′) and A. Nadesan (55′). Colchester United reduced the distance with a goal (79′) by F. Sears, but there was not much to do for them. Colchester United lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the The People’s Pension Stadium stadium in Crawley on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Sam Purkiss with the support of Michael Webb and Christopher Kidd. The 4th official was G Read. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 13 Total 16
- 5 On Target 7
- 8 Off Target 9
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 88 Attack 107
- 42 Dangerous attack 50
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Colchester United had a strong ball possession 59% while Crawley Town was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Colchester United was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Crawley Town succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Crawley Town shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Colchester United shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Crawley Town received 1 yellow card (W. Ferry). On the other side, Colchester United received 2 yellow cards (B. Wiredu and C. Skuse).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Crawley Town will have 28 points like Hartlepool United to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Colchester United will stay with 22 points like Carlisle United to remain in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Crawley Town will play away against Northampton Town on the 8th of January with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Colchester United will host Rochdale on the 8th of January with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Rochdale (3 draws).
Crawley Town – Formation
Crawley Town
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90'
88'
Crawley Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager John Yems decided to play with the following team: Glenn Morris , Ludwig Francillette , Tony Craig , Joel Lynch , James Tilley , George Francomb , Jack Powell , Will Ferry , Tom Nichols , Ashley Nadesan and Kwesi Appiah .
The home team had on the bench: R. Grego-Cox, B. Noukeu, Amrit Bansal-McNulty , S. Matthews, Sam Ashford and M. Marshall.
Substitutions
Crawley Town made 3 changes: A. Nadesan for S. Ashford (84′), T. Nichols for A. Bansal-McNulty (84′) and W. Ferry for R. Grego-Cox (90′).
Best player: Ashley Nadesan
The player that probably impressed the most for Crawley Town was Ashley Nadesan.
His rating is with 2 goals, 22 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Colchester United – Formation
Colchester United
Colchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Hayden Mullins played with: Jake Turner , Junior Tchamadeu , Tom Eastman , Tommy Smith , Cameron Coxe , Cole Skuse , Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu , Noah Chilvers , Alan Judge , Armando Dobra and Freddie Sears .
They had on the bench: C. Cooper, Luke Chambers , Sylvester Jasper , S. Tovide, T. Collins, G. Kennedy and Luke Hannant .
Substitutions
Colchester United made 3 changes: A. Dobra for L. Chambers (46′), N. Chilvers for S. Jasper (56′) and B. Wiredu for L. Hannant (83′).
Best player: Sylvester Jasper
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was Sylvester Jasper.
His rating is with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Barrow – Bradford City – 1-2
- Crawley Town – Colchester United – 3-1
- Forest Green Rovers – Stevenage – 2-0
- Hartlepool United – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
- Scunthorpe United – Carlisle United – 0-1
- Sutton United – Exeter City – 2-1
- Swindon Town – Northampton Town – 5-2
- Walsall – Newport County – 3-3
