National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Coleraine or Crusaders that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Coleraine form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Coleraine have performed here at Windsor Park this season with 8 wins from 14 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 1. On the other hand, in the Irish League Cup, Coleraine has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Chris Johns not having conceded a league goal in 340 minutes.
Coleraine enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Glentoran's place. The match ended 1-0 with J. Glackin scoring. Before that, Coleraine had a Premiership home game versus Cliftonville which ended with a victory 1-0.
A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. Coleraine are not conceding a lot of goals here at Windsor Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders's mission in Irish League Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The visitors are W7-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. When we have look at the Irish League Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Crusaders, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Glenavon. Before that, Crusaders secured a home win against Larne with the score 3-0.
The Crusaders manager S. Baxter has got the team scoring on the road, with 31 away goals in 14 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coleraine five wins, three draws and Crusaders two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. McGonigle 12 goals |  J. Owens 11 goals |   B. Doherty 9 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Coleraine | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 29 | 50 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 228 | 107 | Total Shots | T S | 138 | 283 | ||
| 106 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 121 | ||
| 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 38 | 60 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 33 | 56 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 29 | 56 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 64 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 39 | 55 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 24 | 54 |
| 6 | Larne | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 47 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 48 | -23 | 34 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 42 | -48 | 23 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 40 | -58 | 16 |
| 12 | Institute | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -44 | 14 |