Colchester United 3-1 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2017

Result

Colchester United 3-1 Crawley Town

League Two · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Colchester United 3-1 Crawley Town: match report

Colchester United won against Crawley Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 September 2017. It was 3-0 at half-time.

S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Colchester United's goals came from S. Szmodics (8'), Ryan Jackson (14') and Mikael Mandron (38'). Crawley Town scored through Jimmy Smith (66').

Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 20th on 4 points from 5 and Crawley Town 16th on 6 points from 5. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Crawley Town 14th with 59.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crawley Town in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Crawley Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Ryan JacksonColchester United · 2-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Lewis KinsellaColchester United
  • 23'Yellow card · Dean CoxCrawley Town
  • 38'Goal · Mikael MandronColchester United · 3-0
  • 52'Missed penalty · M. RandallCrawley Town
  • 66'Goal · Jimmy SmithCrawley Town · 3-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Sam WalkerColchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Dennon LewisCrawley Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tom LapslieColchester United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 4, Crawley Town 4.

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Lewis Kinsella, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Ryan Inniss, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brandon Comley, Nicke Kabamba, Mikael Mandron

Crawley Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Glenn Morris, Lewis Young, Josh Yorwerth, Cedric Evina, Josh Lelan, Enzio Boldewijn, Jimmy Smith, Dean Cox, Castro, Mark Randall, Panutche Camara