Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crusaders & Moyola Park face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Premiership. This match was also played here at Seaview. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Moyola Park have had more rest.
Crusaders form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the final.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Crusaders's two home games in the Premiership so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Seaview.
Crusaders drew their last game, also a home match. Cliftonville was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Ahead of that match, Crusaders won a home game hosting Portadown (4-0).Crusaders are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Seaview with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history five earlier games are comparable to this one, and Crusaders has won four times, drawn one and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Crusaders has won by at least two goals three times when in this position.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Larne are coming to town in four days.
At Seaview, Crusaders has the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Moyola Park form and stats
They also participated in Irish League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Moyola Park have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-9 (11 played). With the Moyola losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Moyola's previous game was their home loss versus Cliftonville (1-3).
Preceding that game, the 0-8 loss visiting Linfield's place.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 23 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with five wins, one draw and 17 defeats. twelve games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Moyola find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Moyola's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 32 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these contenders: Crusaders won two, Moyola Park triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  B. Burns 1 goals | J. Forsythe 1 goals | P. Heatley 1 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Moyola Park missing players
| Crusaders | Moyola Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 40 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 42 | 68 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 48% | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | ||
| 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Institute | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 36 | 54 |
| 2 | Bangor | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 47 |
| 3 | Banbridge Town | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Ards | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 6 | Dundela | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Coagh United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Tobermore United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -15 | 20 |
| 10 | Portstewart | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Ballinamallard United | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -28 | 15 |
| 12 | Moyola Park | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -29 | 13 |