Colchester United beats Crawley Town 3-2 with 2 goals from T. Hopper. HIGHLIGHTS

CRAWLEY. Colchester United conquered Crawley Town 3-2 thanks to T. Hopper who scored in the 21st and 46th minute.

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David Brown
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Colchester United beats Crawley Town 3-2 with 2 goals from T. Hopper. HIGHLIGHTS

CRAWLEY. Colchester United conquered Crawley Town 3-2 thanks to T. Hopper who scored in the 21st and 46th minute. Crawley Town was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

Colchester United remained in players after Samson Tovide received a red card in the 88′.

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. In front of 5,223 spectators.​ The referee was Scott Oldham with the collaboration of Marc Wilson and Shaun Farrer. The 4th official was Declan O’Shea. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.64 degrees Celsius or 61.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Crawley Town

2 - 3

Team 1

Colchester United

  • ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
  • 23 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 14 Shots blocked 2
  • 116 Attack 60
  • 70 Dangerous attack 37
  • 94 Ball safe 65
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 13 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 8 Total 13
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Crawley Town had a superior ball possession 68% while Colchester United was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Colchester United was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Crawley Town shot 23 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Colchester United shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Crawley Town didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Colchester United received 3 yellow cards (S. Hornby, Ellis Iandolo and Tom Dallison).

Also, Colchester United didn’t end the match with 11 players after Samson Tovide (Colchester United) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (88′).

Match Timeline

21'
Tom Hopper(goal)Ellis Iandolo
35'
Ellis Iandolo- Yellow
Klaidi Lolos(goal)
42'
44'
Cameron McGeehan(goal)J. Mingi
46'
Tom Hopper(goal)
A. Adeyemo- sub ->Jay Williams
62'
69'
Tom Dallison- Yellow
J. Kelly- sub ->R. Darcy
72'
80'
Samson Tovide- sub ->Jayden Fevrier
A. Campbell- sub ->D. Conroy
84'
88'
Samson Tovide- Red
90'
Riley Harbottle- sub ->Noah Chilvers
90'
H. Forster(goal)L. Kelly
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
92
46
Wrexham
88
46
Mansfield Town
86
46
Milton Keynes Dons
78
46
Doncaster Rovers
71
46
Crewe Alexandra
71
46
Crawley Town
70
46
Barrow
69
46
Bradford City
69
46
AFC Wimbledon
65
46
Walsall
65
46
Gillingham
64
46
Harrogate Town
63
46
Notts County
61
46
Morecambe
58
46
Tranmere Rovers
57
46
Accrington Stanley
57
46
Newport County
55
46
Swindon Town
54
46
Salford City
51
46
Grimsby Town
49
46
Colchester United
45
46
Sutton United
42
46
Forest Green Rovers
42
46

After this contest, Crawley Town stays with 65 points to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Colchester United will has 41 points to sit in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Crawley Town will host Barrow on the 16th of April with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Crawley Town (2 draws).

Colchester United will host Grimsby Town on the 16th of April with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Colchester United (4 draws).

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
6.1
D
D. Conroy 3.England
7.0
84'
D
L. Maguire 6.England
7.5
D
W. Wright 30.England
6.4
M
L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland
8.1
M
R. Darcy 10.England
6.8
72'
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
6.7
M
H. Forster 14.England
7.8
Goals90'
M
Jay Williams 26.England
6.4
62'
F
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
7.7
Goals42'
F
D. Orsi 9.England
6.8
Substitutes
G
R. Sandford 13.England
D
J. Mukena 20.England
D
N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus
M
J. Kelly 19.United States
7.5
72'
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
F
A. Adeyemo 22.England
7.3
62'
F
A. Campbell 28.England
6.6
84'

Crawley Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Scott Lindsey decided to play with the following team: C. Addai (6.1), W. Wright (6.4), D. Conroy (7.0), L. Maguire (7.5), R. Darcy (6.8), Jay Williams (6.4), L. Kelly (8.1), J. Roles (6.7), H. Forster (7.8), Klaidi Lolos (7.7) and D. Orsi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: R. Sandford, J. Kelly (7.5), J. Mukena, A. Adeyemo (7.3), N. Tsaroulla, R. Khaleel and A. Campbell (6.6).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: R. Darcy for J. Kelly (72′), Jay Williams for A. Adeyemo (62′) and D. Conroy for A. Campbell (84′).

Player of the match: L. Kelly​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crawley Town was L. Kelly.

His rating is 8.1 with 78 passes (82% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.

Colchester United – Formation

Colchester United
G
S. Hornby 29.England
6.7
90'
D
Connor Hall 5.England
7.0
D
Tom Dallison 6.England
6.8
69'
D
J. Mingi 20.England
7.8
M
Ellis Iandolo 3.England
7.1
35'
M
Noah Chilvers 10.England
6.7
90'
M
Cameron McGeehan 13.Northern Ireland
7.5
Goals44'
M
Arthur Read 16.England
7.3
M
Alistair Smith 27.England
7.9
M
Jayden Fevrier 42.England
6.8
80'
F
Tom Hopper 14.England
8.5
Goals21', 46'
Substitutes
G
O. Goodman 1.England
D
Riley Harbottle 22.England
90'
D
Jayden Richardson 26.England
M
Matt Jay 7.England
F
Conor Wilkinson 8.Republic of Ireland
F
Samson Tovide 9.England
5.3
80' 88'
F
John Akinde 24.England

Colchester United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Danny Cowley played with: S. Hornby (6.7), J. Mingi (7.8), Tom Dallison (6.8), Connor Hall (7.0), Jayden Fevrier (6.8), Alistair Smith (7.9), Arthur Read (7.3), Noah Chilvers (6.7), Ellis Iandolo (7.1), Tom Hopper (8.5) and Cameron McGeehan (7.5).

They had on the bench: O. Goodman, Matt Jay, Conor Wilkinson, Samson Tovide (5.3), Riley Harbottle, John Akinde and Jayden Richardson.

Substitutions

Colchester United made 2 changes: Jayden Fevrier for Samson Tovide (80′) and Noah Chilvers for Riley Harbottle (90′).

Player of the match: Tom Hopper​

The most impressive player for Colchester United was Tom Hopper.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​