The Railwaymen were dealt another stressful blow in midweek as they lost 1-0 out at Accrington. That leaves them still in that horrible position just above the drop zone, actually dropping to right above it as Forest Green won in midweek to add even more pressure.
Football League Two – Crewe v Yeovil – Alexandra Stadium, Crewe – 17th February 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 12/5 at Skybet |
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Crewe Alexandra
ColchesterCrewe Form
The Railwaymen are in trouble at the moment with only the one point collected from the last 18 available to them. They will be feeling pressure now of the drop zone looming as they head into the weekend just three points away from safety. Crewe have failed to score in three of their last five games and their defence has conceded heavy in recent games. At home, they drew their last home game 0-0 against Yeovil and that moved them on to a W6 D3 L7 record for the season at the Alexandra Stadium in the league. 70% of Crewe’s points have been earned at home so at least that is a positive for them, but only Forest Green and Chesterfield have conceded more goals than they have done this season in the division. Two-thirds of the goals that they have conceded at home this season have been in the second half of matches. The Railwaymen need to find a spark from somewhere.
Colchester Form
The U’s are on a five-match undefeated streak of form but they have not bagged themselves a win in any of their last four games out on the road (D3 L1). They are starting the weekend just the three points outside of the top seven (the play off spots) so are right in that mix of things up there. But they have won just two of their last nine and need to find some winning momentum again from somewhere. Colchester have scored in each of their last seven league games and that may be enough to get them over the finish line on the weekend with the points. Their defence has been unspectacular and has shipped in each of their last three on the road and overall on their travels, Colchester have averaged 1.4 goals per game against them. They have only lost one of their last six road games, so should get close to a success.
Head to Head News
Colchester came out on top when the two did battle earlier this season, as they took a comfortable 3-1 win over the Railwaymen. Crewe though won this corresponding fixture last season and they have taken four points from their last two home games against the U’s. There really isn’t much to split them from recent meetings as in the last seven league clashes it is three wins each and a draw.
Crewe v Colchester – Betting Odds and Predictions
Colchester landed a fantastic home win over Coventry on Tuesday to extend their great unbeaten run of form out to five. A Coventry win is at 13/10 with PaddyPower, the draw is at 12/5 with Skybet and a home win is at 9/5 with Ladbrokes.
Top Betting Tip Crewe v Colchester
A tight fixture hooks on the cards here and the draw has the most appeal in the match outright. Colchester don’t look like losing the game at the moment, not with the form that they are in, but then you would have to ask whether or not Crewe really look like winning. They don’t, so gun for the draw.