Crawley Town vs Colchester: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Crawley Town vs Colchester: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match Details: December 26 2025 | Broadfield Stadium | League Two - Round 22 | 15:00 GMT

In this game we see 2 teams who really want all 3 points and nothing less as they both push up the table. Crawley need the points as they currently sit just 1 point safe from relegation on 18 points sitting 21st in the league. However, they are facing Colchester who are 11th and closing down on the top 7 only 4 points behind, if they win, they will be level on points with Cambridge in 8th. Over advanced algorithm has predicted that this game will end 2-3 with Colchester taking all 3 points.

Key Betting Tip: there to be over 2.5 goals scored in this game at 1.80 – this represents excellent value based on tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters.

Crawley vs Colchester Predicted Lineups

Crawley predicted lineups (3-5-2): Davies, Conroy, Flint, Barker, Pereira, Brown, Bajrami, Williams, Forster, Loft, Roles

Colchester predicted lineups (4-2-3-1): Macey, Iandolo, Araujo, Tucker, Vincent-Young, Bishop, Read, Anderson, Mbick, Lisbie, Tovide

Previous Crawley vs Colchester Head-to-Head

Crawley 2-3 Colchester Colchester 1-2 Crawley Crawley 0-0 Colchester Colchester 2-2 Crawley Crawley 3-1 Colchester

Crawley has just edged the better results in the last 5 matches with 2 out of 5 possible wins. These wins came with them conceding in both games, and that has been something that has been an issue with them only have kept a single clean sheet in the last 5 matches, however, they have also managed to score 9 goals in the last 5 matches. They will be going into this very confident as they have been the better team going forward and have been more successful.

Colchester had to wait a while for their first win so they will be hoping that they can add another win to this record. Their defence has been the issue in the last few games conceding 2 goals per game minimum where they have conceded. They will really need to be better at the back to have a chance of winning this game, if they aren’t they could face another loss and lose all the confidence from that last win.

Recent Crawley and Colchester Match Analysis

Crawley last 5 matches: Crawley 1-1 Accrington (H) League Two Salford 4-3 Crawley (A) League Two Bromley 3-1 Crawley (A) League Two Crawley 2-2 Oldham (H) League Two Swindon 1-0 Crawley (A) League Two

Very worrying times for Crawley in the last 5 matches not having seen a single win and having lost 3 games. The main issue has been their defence conceding 11 goals in 5 games is something no team can have and hope to stay a competitive team within the league, while they attack has sometimes been able to negate damage and reduced losses, the defence has caused to many issues for the attack to truly be able to help, they will need their defence to be much tighter and their attack to be flowing if they wish to have a chance in Friday.

Colchester Last 5 matches: Colchester 2-0 Cheltenham (H) League Two Colchester 0-0 Gillingham (H) League Two Colchester 0-1 West Ham United U21 (H) EFL Trophy Salford 4-3 Colchester (A) League Two Colchester 4-1 Newport (H) League Two

Some okay form for Colchester recently, not the type that is good enough for them to be in the top 7, but that is why they are hoping for a win to keep the form going so they can push for it come the second half of the season. 9 goals scored and 5 conceded is good adding into this 2 clean sheets and 3 of those 5 goals being scored in 1 game, they have been defensively good, it’s the attack that seems to be the issue and unreliable. 9 goals in 5 games seems good until you notice 7 came from 2 matches, meaning they scored only 2 in 3 matches. They will need to hope that their attack is having a good day if they want a result to help them and their confidence bounce back.

Crawley vs Colchester Prediction

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with a 70% confidence that there will be over 2.5 goals scored in this match. The key factors for this are players available, recent form, previous head-to-head and tactical matchups.

Best Crawley vs Colchester Betting Tip

Football Park’s Best Bet: Over 2.5 goals scored in this game @ 1.80. This is based off tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters as a result of both team’s seeing over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of the last 10 games they have played.

Key Players to Watch: Crawley vs Colchester

Dion Pereira (Crawley): The wide midfielder has been played in a type of wingback role, but this hasn’t affected how good he can be when creating chances. With 34 assists already this season, he has been the main provider of goals for Crawley this season and this is shown by the 21 chances he has created this season. If Crawley do manage to get a result from this game, he will be the man who would’ve created something.

Harry Anderson (Colchester): 11 goal contributions in 17 matches, he has been on fire this season. Scoring 7 goals and providing 4 assists in these 17 matches isn’t normal and he will be the person who will be likely to cause issues for Crawley’s defence. Having over performed his Xg by 2 this season he knows how to finish so will be very likely to score. He will be the man looking to make Colchester win and climb the table.