Colchester United 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Colchester United 3-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Colchester United 3-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United defeated Crewe Alexandra 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 28 October 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jordan Bowery opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Colchester United's goals came from Mikael Mandron (39'), Tom Eastman (60') and Mikael Mandron (71'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Jordan Bowery (22').

Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 15th on 19 points from 15 and Crewe Alexandra 17th on 17 points from 15. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Crewe Alexandra 15th with 56.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Jordan BoweryCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Mikael MandronColchester United · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · K. ReidColchester United
  • 60'Goal · Tom EastmanColchester United · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 71'Goal · Mikael MandronColchester United · 3-1
  • 76'Yellow card · D. LoftColchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 2, Crewe Alexandra 6.

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Ryan Inniss, Ryan Jackson, Doug Loft, Brandon Comley, Kyel Romaine Reid, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron, Brandon Hanlan

Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-4-3)

Dave Richards, Perry Ng, Zoumana Bakayogo, Eddie Nolan, Brad Walker, Callum Ainley, Tom Lowery, Conor Grant, Chris Porter, Chris Dagnall, Jordan Bowery