Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bangor & Crusaders face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. That game was also an away game, at Glentoran. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Bangor form and stats
6-0-0 is the performance here at Bangor Fuels Arena so far in the Premier Intermediate League, giving Bangor a total of 18 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results!
In their previous game, the manager Feeney led his Bangor to a defeat away at Tobermore United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bangor Fuels Arena.
Before that, Bangor had a Premier Intermediate League home game versus Banbridge Town which ended with a victory 4-0.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Bangor is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 6 league matches.
Crusaders form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Crusaders are travelling again after losing away to Glentoran in their previous match (0-2).
Before that, Crusaders secured a home win against Linfield with the score 2-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Crusaders have scored 16 goals in 13 league games away. Crusaders struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Crusaders have not lost in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) versus Bangor.Top Goalscorers
  P. Lowry 14 goals | J. Forsythe 6 goals | P. Heatley 6 goals |
Bangor missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Bangor | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 49 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ballymacash Rangers | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 33 |
| 2 | Bangor | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Queen's University | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Dollingstown | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Limavady United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Tobermore United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Moyola Park | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Portstewart | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Lisburn Distillery | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -22 | 11 |
| 10 | Armagh City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -20 | 10 |
| 11 | Banbridge Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 12 | PSNI | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 20 | -31 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
