Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 26 January 2019

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 26 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Crewe Alexandra · Colchester United · League Two predictions

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Colchester United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 January 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Charlie Kirk (48') and E. Nolan (87'). Colchester United scored through S. Szmodics (11').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 14th on 38 points from 29 and Colchester United 7th on 46 points from 29. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Colchester United 8th with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crewe Alexandra wins, 2 draws and 4 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Frank NoubleColchester United
  • 48'Goal · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · R. WintleCrewe Alexandra
  • 79'Yellow card · Charlie KirkCrewe Alexandra
  • 80'Yellow card · S. SzmodicsColchester United
  • 87'Goal · E. NolanCrewe Alexandra · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 4, draws 2, Colchester United 4.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, Harry Pickering, George Ray, Eddie Nolan, Callum Ainley, Ryan Wintle, Paul Green, Chris Porter, Jordan Bowery, Charlie Kirk

Colchester United line-up

Rene Gilmartin, Luke Prosser, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Courtney Senior, H. Pell, Sammie Szmodics, Mikael Mandron, Frank Nouble