Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023
Result
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United
League Two · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United: match report
Crewe Alexandra defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 September 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Christopher Long opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Christopher Long (3') and Christopher Long (8', penalty). Colchester United scored through Samson Tovide (53').
Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 7th on 13 points from 8 and Colchester United 18th on 7 points from 7. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Colchester United 22nd with 45.
Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Noah Chilvers of Colchester United (8.5), ahead of Christopher Long (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Christopher Long
- 8'Penalty goal · Christopher Long
- 53'Goal · Samson Tovide
- 90+3'Yellow card · Mickey Demetriou
Head-to-head
Team news
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Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-3-3)
Harvey Davies, Rio Adebisi, Luke Offord, Mickey Demetriou, Zac Williams, Jack Powell, Joel Tabiner, Joe White, Shilow Tracey, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Christopher Long
Colchester United line-up (3-4-3)
Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Jayden Fevrier, Arthur Read, Cameron McGeehan, Al-Amin Kazeem, Noah Chilvers, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide