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Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United · League Two

Crewe Alexandra beat Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Crewe Alexandra and Colchester United met in the League Two at Alexandra Stadium in Crewe on Saturday, 23 September 2023.

Goalscorers

Crewe Alexandra: C. Long 3', 8'. Colchester United: S. Tovide 53'.

How the match went

The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Crewe Alexandra, 0 for Colchester United).

Line-ups

Crewe Alexandra started in a 4-3-3: Harvey Davies, Rio Adebisi, Luke Offord, Mickey Demetriou, Zac Williams, Jack Powell, Joel Tabiner, Joe White, Shilow Tracey, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Chris Long.

Colchester United started in a 3-1-4-2: Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Arthur Read, Jayden Fevrier, Cameron McGeehan, Noah Chilvers, Al-Amin Kazeem, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide.

More from this competition: League Two fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 3'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Colchester United. C. Long (Crewe Alexandra) scores, assisted by M. Demetriou.
  2. 8'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United. C. Long (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty.
  3. 45'Half-time. Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United.
  4. 53'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United. S. Tovide (Colchester United) scores, assisted by J. Taylor.
  5. 90'Full-time. Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United.
Full commentary (44 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Crewe Alexandra vs Colchester United.
  2. 3'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Colchester United. C. Long (Crewe Alexandra) scores, assisted by M. Demetriou.
  3. 8'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United. C. Long (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty.
  4. 9'Attempt blocked. N. Chilvers (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  5. 14'Attempt missed. J. Taylor (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.17.
  6. 14'Attempt blocked. J. Fevrier (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  7. 16'Attempt saved. A. Read (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  8. 18'Attempt blocked. S. Tracey (Crewe Alexandra), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  9. 26'Attempt missed. C. Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.62.
  10. 29'Attempt blocked. A. Kazeem (Colchester United), header. xG 0.15.
  11. 31'Attempt blocked. J. Fevrier (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  12. 31'Attempt blocked. A. Read (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  13. 32'Attempt saved. C. Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  14. 40'Attempt blocked. C. Long (Crewe Alexandra), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  15. 43'Attempt missed. N. Chilvers (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  16. 43'Off the woodwork! N. Chilvers (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  17. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  18. 45'Half-time. Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 49'Attempt missed. R. Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  21. 53'Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United. S. Tovide (Colchester United) scores, assisted by J. Taylor.
  22. 54'Attempt missed. S. Tovide (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  23. 57'Substitution, Crewe Alexandra: C. Finney comes on for S. Tracey.
  24. 57'Substitution, Crewe Alexandra: M. Holíček comes on for J. White.
  25. 65'Attempt missed. R. Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra), header. xG 0.16.
  26. 66'Attempt saved. A. Read (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  27. 68'Attempt missed. J. Taylor (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  28. 70'Attempt missed. N. Chilvers (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  29. 73'Attempt saved. J. Fevrier (Colchester United), left-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  30. 74'Substitution, Crewe Alexandra: O. Lunt comes on for J. Powell.
  31. 74'Substitution, Colchester United: J. Mingi comes on for C. McGeehan.
  32. 75'Substitution, Crewe Alexandra: E. Nevitt comes on for C. Long.
  33. 76'Attempt saved. N. Chilvers (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  34. 79'Attempt missed. J. Mingi (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  35. 83'Substitution, Colchester United: B. Ihionvien comes on for A. Kazeem.
  36. 84'Attempt blocked. C. Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  37. 85'Attempt missed. C. Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.09.
  38. 88'Attempt blocked. J. Taylor (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  39. 90'Attempt blocked. Z. Mitchell (Colchester United), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.15.
  40. 90'Attempt blocked. J. Taylor (Colchester United), right-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  41. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  42. 90+3'Yellow card for M. Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra) for handball.
  43. 90+6'Attempt blocked. N. Chilvers (Colchester United), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.05.
  44. 90'Full-time. Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United.
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