Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crusaders & Dergview face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders have been very solid at home in the Premiership so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.
It's back home for Crusaders, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Carrick Rangers away with the result 3-0. Heatley found the net in that victory.
Before that, Crusaders had a Premiership home game versus Cliftonville which ended with a victory 3-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crusaders as they are travelling to their away game against Glenavon in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Crusaders are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Seaview in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 11 matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Dergview form and stats
Dergview have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Dergview had fun at their own home (Seaview) last time out, beating Institute 2-1.
Before that, Dergview travelled to Ballinamallard United and returned home with a draw after the Championship game finished 2-2.Dergview have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. For Dergview, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Lowry 12 goals | ![]() P. Heatley 6 goals | ![]() A. Lecky 5 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Dergview missing players
| Crusaders | Dergview | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 31 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | Linfield | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 42 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Dundela | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Ards | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Ballyclare Comrades | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Institute | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ballinamallard United | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 9 | Newington Youth | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | H&W Welders | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Knockbreda | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | Dergview | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 15 |