Football
Crewe Alexandra vs Colchester United. Sky Bet League Two.
3:00pm, Saturday 23rd September 2023.
Mornflake StadiumAttendance: Attendance4,070.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 1.
Attempt blocked. Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra).
Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Mickey Demetriou (Crewe Alexandra).
Bradley Ihionvien (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Elliott Nevitt (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Zac Williams.
Attempt blocked. Zach Mitchell (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Read with a cross.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Luke Offord.
Attempt blocked. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samson Tovide.
Offside, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Finney tries a through ball, but Elliott Nevitt is caught offside.
Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Charlie Finney.
Attempt blocked. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Chilvers.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Mickey Demetriou.
Attempt missed. Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matús HolÃcek with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Noah Chilvers (Colchester United).
Charlie Finney (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rio Adebisi.
Substitution, Colchester United. Bradley Ihionvien replaces Al-Amin Kazeem.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Zach Mitchell.
Offside, Crewe Alexandra. Mickey Demetriou tries a through ball, but Rio Adebisi is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Foul by Joel Tabiner (Crewe Alexandra).
Jade Jay Mingi (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt saved. Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Elliott Nevitt replaces Chris Long.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Owen Lunt replaces Jack Powell.
Substitution, Colchester United. Jade Jay Mingi replaces Cameron McGeehan.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Harvey Davies.
Attempt saved. Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cameron McGeehan.
Samson Tovide (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zach Mitchell.
Attempt missed. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Connor Hall.
Attempt saved. Arthur Read (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Chilvers.
Attempt missed. Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matús HolÃcek with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Colchester United).
Zac Williams (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Zac Williams (Crewe Alexandra).
Mandela Egbo (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Samson Tovide (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Finney replaces Shilow Tracey.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Matús HolÃcek replaces Joe White.
Attempt missed. Samson Tovide (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 1. Samson Tovide (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Joseph Taylor with a cross.
Attempt missed. Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joe White.
Mandela Egbo (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra).
Second Half begins Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 0.
First Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 0.
Luke Offord (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Mandela Egbo.
Attempt missed. Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Samson Tovide.
Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe White (Crewe Alexandra).
Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shilow Tracey.
Connor Hall (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United).
Shilow Tracey (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Owen Goodman.
Attempt saved. Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe White with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Attempt blocked. Arthur Read (Colchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron McGeehan.
Attempt blocked. Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier with a cross.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Rio Adebisi.
Attempt missed. Courtney Baker-Richardson (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jack Powell with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Al-Amin Kazeem.
Foul by Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United).
Zac Williams (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arthur Read (Colchester United).
Joe White (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Zach Mitchell (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mandela Egbo (Colchester United).
Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Shilow Tracey (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Powell.
Attempt saved. Arthur Read (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier.
Attempt missed. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Shilow Tracey (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt blocked. Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samson Tovide.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 2, Colchester United 0. Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Crewe Alexandra. Shilow Tracey draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Al-Amin Kazeem (Colchester United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Rio Adebisi (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Crewe Alexandra 1, Colchester United 0. Chris Long (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mickey Demetriou.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.