Football
Colchester United vs Crawley Town. Sky Bet League Two.
3:00pm, Saturday 9th December 2023.
JobServe Community StadiumAttendance: Attendance3,132.
Match ends, Colchester United 1, Crawley Town 2.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 1, Crawley Town 2.
Attempt saved. Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Chilvers.
Offside, Colchester United. John Akinde is caught offside.
Goal! Colchester United 1, Crawley Town 2. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Owen Goodman.
Attempt missed. Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Gladwin following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Mandela Egbo (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Fiacre Kelleher (Colchester United) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Owen Goodman following a corner.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jay Williams.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Chay Cooper (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match because of an injury Laurence Maguire (Crawley Town).
Laurence Maguire (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chay Cooper (Colchester United).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Kamarai Simon-Swyer replaces Harry Forster because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Harry Forster (Crawley Town).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jayden Fevrier.
Hand ball by John Akinde (Colchester United).
Foul by Harry Forster (Crawley Town).
Noah Chilvers (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ade Adeyemo (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Noah Chilvers (Colchester United).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Owen Goodman.
Attempt saved. Klaidi Lolos (Crawley Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Colchester United. Chay Cooper replaces Matt Jay.
Substitution, Colchester United. Noah Chilvers replaces William Greenidge.
Attempt saved. Will Wright (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Ade Adeyemo replaces Adam Campbell.
Delay in match because of an injury Dion Conroy (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Klaidi Lolos replaces Liam Kelly.
Offside, Crawley Town. Danilo Orsi is caught offside.
Laurence Maguire (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Laurence Maguire (Crawley Town).
William Greenidge (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Akinde (Colchester United).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Harry Forster replaces Nicholas Tsaroulla.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Ronan Darcy replaces Kellan Gordon.
Goal! Colchester United 0, Crawley Town 2. Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty Crawley Town. Nicholas Tsaroulla draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Arthur Read (Colchester United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Offside, Colchester United. Joseph Taylor is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. John Akinde (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by William Greenidge.
Offside, Crawley Town. Nicholas Tsaroulla is caught offside.
Foul by Kellan Gordon (Crawley Town).
Mandela Egbo (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Will Wright (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Laurence Maguire.
Substitution, Colchester United. John Akinde replaces Samson Tovide because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
Dion Conroy (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Kellan Gordon.
Second Half begins Colchester United 0, Crawley Town 1.
First Half ends, Colchester United 0, Crawley Town 1.
Liam Kelly (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Liam Kelly (Crawley Town).
Matt Jay (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kellan Gordon (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jayden Fevrier (Colchester United).
Goal! Colchester United 0, Crawley Town 1. Liam Kelly (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Will Wright.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Zach Mitchell.
Attempt blocked. Will Wright (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicholas Tsaroulla.
Attempt missed. Liam Kelly (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. William Greenidge (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matt Jay with a cross following a corner.
Foul by Adam Campbell (Crawley Town).
Arthur Read (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Liam Kelly (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Danilo Orsi.
Attempt missed. Joseph Taylor (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jayden Fevrier following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Adam Campbell (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Samson Tovide.
Nicholas Tsaroulla (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by William Greenidge (Colchester United).
Offside, Colchester United. Matt Jay is caught offside.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Will Wright.
Attempt blocked. Matt Jay (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Read.
Attempt blocked. Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicholas Tsaroulla with a cross.
Hand ball by Kellan Gordon (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Liam Kelly (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kellan Gordon.
Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Laurence Maguire (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Colchester United).
Attempt missed. Samson Tovide (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by William Greenidge with a cross.
Jay Williams (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Arthur Read (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Arthur Read (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Attempt saved. Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Kelly with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Samson Tovide (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joseph Taylor with a cross.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.