Crewe Alexandra vs Colchester United

23 September 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Chris Long 3’, 8’ (pen)
  • Samson Tovide 53’

Match summary

Crewe Alexandra won 2-1 at home to Colchester United. Crewe Alexandra led 2-0 at half-time.

Chris Long put Crewe Alexandra ahead in the 3rd minute, Long made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 8th minute, and Samson Tovide pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 53rd minute.

Shots finished 21-10 to Colchester United, with 3 on target for Crewe Alexandra and 6 for Colchester United.

Match stats

Crewe Alexandra Colchester United
10 Shots 21
3 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Crewe Alexandra Colchester United
Kick-off
Chris Long1-0 (Crewe Alexandra)
3’
Chris Long
Penalty
2-0 (Crewe Alexandra)
8’
Half-time2-0
53’
Samson Tovide2-1 (Colchester United)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Crewe Alexandra
  • Mickey Demetriou

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Colchester United attacking Crewe Alexandra attacking 
3’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 8’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), penalty, goal 9’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 14’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, off target 14’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 16’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 18’ Shilow Tracey (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 26’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 29’ Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United), open play, blocked 31’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 31’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, blocked 32’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 40’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 43’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 43’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 49’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 53’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, goal 54’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 65’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 66’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 68’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, off target 70’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 73’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 76’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, saved 79’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), open play, off target 84’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 85’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, off target 88’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90’ Zach Mitchell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 90’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+6’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked 3’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, goal 8’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), penalty, goal 9’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, blocked 14’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, off target 14’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 16’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 18’ Shilow Tracey (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 26’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), from a corner, off target 29’ Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United), open play, blocked 31’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, blocked 31’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, blocked 32’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, saved 40’ Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 43’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 43’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, hit the woodwork 49’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 53’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, goal 54’ Samson Tovide (Colchester United), open play, off target 65’ Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), open play, off target 66’ Arthur Read (Colchester United), open play, saved 68’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, off target 70’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, off target 73’ Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United), open play, saved 76’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), open play, saved 79’ Jay Mingi (Colchester United), open play, off target 84’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), open play, blocked 85’ Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), set piece, off target 88’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90’ Zach Mitchell (Colchester United), from a corner, blocked 90’ Joe Taylor (Colchester United), open play, blocked 90+6’ Noah Chilvers (Colchester United), direct free kick, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Jack Powell Taken off
74′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Joe White Taken off
57′ – – – – – – –
Shilow Tracey Taken off
57′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Chris Long Taken off
75′ 2 – 3 – – – –
Charlie Finney Came on as a substitute
33′ – – – – – – –
Matúš Holíček Came on as a substitute
33′ – – – – – – –
Owen Lunt Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Elliott Nevitt Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Crewe Alexandra win 40% Avg odds 2.33
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.49
Colchester United win 33% Avg odds 2.83

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.