Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Monday 10 April 2023

Result

Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Monday 10 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Colchester United 4-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United won against Crewe Alexandra 4-0 in the League Two on Monday 10 April 2023. The half-time score was 3-0.

John Akinde opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Colchester United's goals came from John Akinde (24'), John Akinde (28'), Noah Chilvers (40') and Samson Tovide (55'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 39 points from 40 and Crewe Alexandra 16th on 48 points from 39. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Crewe Alexandra 13th with 58.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Akinde of Colchester United (8.4), ahead of Connor Hall (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Joel TabinerCrewe Alexandra
  • 24'Goal · John AkindeColchester United · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · John AkindeColchester United · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Fiacre KelleherColchester United
  • 39'Yellow card · Rio AdebisiCrewe Alexandra
  • 40'Goal · Noah ChilversColchester United · 3-0
  • 55'Goal · Samson TovideColchester United · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Tom Smith, Luke Chambers, Fiacre Kelleher, Connor Hall, Junior Tchamadeu, Ossama Ashley, Arthur Read, Connor Wood, Noah Chilvers, John Akinde, Samson Tovide

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Beadle, Sean Robertson, Connor O'Riordan, Luke Offord, Rio Adebisi, Lachlan Brook, Joel Tabiner, Conor Thomas, Dan Agyei, Callum Ainley, Courtney Baker-Richardson