National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derry City W or Crusaders Strikers W that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a All-Island Cup game only four days ago.
Derry City W form and stats
Derry City W have collected 0 points from their Premiership Women home games so far after 0-0-5.
In their previous game, led his Derry City W to a defeat away at Sion Swifts W. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ahead of that match, Derry City W lost 0-6 at home to Glentoran BU W.This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Derry have let the opposition score 29 times, an average of more than three per game.
Crusaders Strikers W form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership Women travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Crusaders Strikers W's previous match versus Treaty United W, a All-Island Cup win (3-2) played at home.
A 0-5 defeat away at Glentoran BU W before that.The schedule is very tough for Crusaders Strikers W now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A All-Island Cup game at DLR Waves W is waiting in only three days.
Crusaders has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. The Crusaders Strikers W defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Derry City W-Crusaders Strikers W H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Derry City W one win, Crusaders Strikers W nine wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Derry City W missing players
Crusaders Strikers W missing players
| Derry City W | Crusaders Strikers W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 31 | 69 | ||
| 118 | 63 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 49% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 8.9 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 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 | Glentoran BU W | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 54 | 25 |
| 2 | Cliftonville W | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 22 |
| 3 | Linfield W | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 19 |
| 4 | Sion Swifts W | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Crusaders Strikers W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Lisburn W | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 7 | Larne W | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -33 | 6 |
| 8 | Mid-Ulster W | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -26 | 5 |
| 9 | Ballymena Allstars W | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 | -39 | 4 |
| 10 | Derry City W | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | -44 | 0 |
