Colchester United 0-0 Crawley Town: U's play-off hopes dented

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Matt Macey made a smart first-half save for Colchester

Colchester United missed the chance to close on the League Two play-off places as they were held at home by lowly Crawley.

A tepid affair saw very few chances and the U's moved up only to 10th, three points outside the top seven.

The closest they came to a goal was in the first half when Crawley's Scott Malone turned a cross towards his own net and forced an excellent save from his goalkeeper Jacob Chapman.

For Crawley it could be a valuable point in their battle for survival and they move two points above the drop zone.

Crawley have now gone eight games without a win but fashioned the best chance of the night when Malone's cross found Dion Pereira and his downward header was kept out by the knees of Matt Macey in the Colchester goal.

Late in the game, Ronan Darcy also forced a save out of Macey at his near post as he shot on the turn but otherwise it was a second half of holding out for a point by the visitors.

The most serious pressure from the hosts came in the final quarter as Danny Cowley threw on three substitutes and they forced a series of corners.

Jaden Williams shot over with his left boot from 10 yards out before Will Goodwin saw his close-range effort well blocked.

Goodwin was then sent clear into the area but decided to try and square for Williams and a poor pass allowed the clearance to be made.

The next week could make or break Colchester's season as they visit second-placed MK Dons on Wednesday, before a trip to leaders Bromley next Saturday.

Crawley face play-off chasing Barnet and Fleetwood in their upcoming fixtures.

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Bromley	36	19	13	4	59	36	23	70	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
2 Milton Keynes Dons	36	19	11	6	72	36	36	68	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
3 Cambridge United	35	18	11	6	50	28	22	65	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
4 Notts County	35	19	7	9	54	34	20	64	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
5 Swindon Town	36	19	6	11	59	43	16	63	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
6 Salford City	36	19	4	13	50	46	4	61	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
7 Grimsby Town	35	15	11	9	50	39	11	56	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
8 Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	57	47	10	56	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
9 Crewe Alexandra	36	16	8	12	53	43	10	56	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
10 Colchester United	36	14	11	11	50	39	11	53	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
11 Barnet	36	14	11	11	44	39	5	53	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
12 Walsall	36	15	8	13	43	40	3	53	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
13 Fleetwood Town	36	13	11	12	47	45	2	50	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
14 Oldham Athletic	34	12	13	9	39	31	8	49	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
15 Accrington Stanley	35	13	8	14	38	37	1	47	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
16 Gillingham	35	11	12	12	43	47	-4	45	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
17 Shrewsbury Town	36	11	8	17	37	56	-19	41	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
18 Cheltenham Town	35	10	8	17	38	59	-21	38	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
19 Bristol Rovers	36	11	4	21	37	58	-21	37	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
20 Tranmere Rovers	36	9	8	19	48	65	-17	35	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
21 Crawley Town	37	6	12	19	35	58	-23	30	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
22 Barrow	35	7	7	21	35	55	-20	28	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
23 Newport County	36	7	7	22	36	63	-27	28	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
24 Harrogate Town	36	6	9	21	26	56	-30	27	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss

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