Colchester United 1-2 Crawley Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2023
Result
Colchester United 1-2 Crawley Town
League Two · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Colchester United 1-2 Crawley Town: match report
Colchester United were beaten by Crawley Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Liam Kelly opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Colchester United's goal came from Joe Taylor (90+7'). Crawley Town scored through Liam Kelly (41') and Danilo Orsi (64', penalty).
Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 20 points from 20 and Crawley Town 13th on 27 points from 19. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Crawley Town 4th with 79.
Colchester United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Crawley Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Tsaroulla of Crawley Town (7.6), ahead of Owen Goodman (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Crawley Town.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 41'Goal · Liam Kelly
- 44'Yellow card · Jayden Fevrier
- 45+1'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
- 64'Penalty goal · Danilo Orsi
- 68'Yellow card · Laurence Maguire
- 89'Yellow card · Chay Cooper
- 90+7'Goal · Joe Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Goodman, Zach Mitchell, Fiacre Kelleher, Mandela Egbo, William Greenidge, Cameron McGeehan, Arthur Read, Matt Jay, Jayden Fevrier, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide
Crawley Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Luca Ashby-Hammond, Jay Williams, Dion Conroy, Laurence Maguire, Kellan Gordon, Will Wright, Ben Gladwin, Nick Tsaroulla, Liam Kelly, Adam Campbell, Danilo Orsi