Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United defeated Crewe Alexandra 4-0 in the League Two on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kurtis Guthrie opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Kurtis Guthrie (20'), Owen Garvan (72'), Drey Wright (76') and Brennan Dickenson (90+2'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 17th on 20 points from 18 and Crewe Alexandra 7th on 26 points from 18. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Crewe Alexandra 17th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Crewe Alexandra.

Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-L-L-L-D and Crewe Alexandra's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Kurtis GuthrieColchester United · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Tom LapslieColchester United
  • 72'Goal · Owen GarvanColchester United · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Drey WrightColchester United · 3-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Brennan DickensonColchester United · 4-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Frankie Kent, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Tom Lapslie, Brennan Dickenson, Owen Garvan, Craig Slater, Denny Johnstone, Kurtis Guthrie

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Ben Garratt, Ollie Turton, Jon Guthrie, Harry Davis, Perry Ng, Ryan Lowe, J. Jones, George Cooper, Danny Hollands, Chris Dagnall, Alex Kiwomya