Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Colchester United: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Colchester United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Chris Dagnall opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Chris Dagnall (26') and Chris Dagnall (84'). Colchester United did not score.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 19th on 42 points from 37 and Colchester United 11th on 54 points from 37. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Colchester United 8th with 69.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Rekeil PykeColchester United
  • 84'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Ben Garratt, Ollie Turton, George Ray, Ben Nugent, Zoumana Bakayogo, J. Jones, George Cooper, Billy Bingham, Callum Cooke, Chris Dagnall, Jordan Bowery

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, George Elokobi, Cameron James, Matthew Briggs, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson, Sean Murray, Drey Wright, Chris Porter, Rekeil Pyke