A key match in Premiership Development League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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.
Cliftonville U20 form and stats
This stadium has been a fortress for Cliftonville U20 in the Premiership Development League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-0. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Cliftonville U20 has won five games in a row. The Dungannon Swifts U20 match was the last time out without a victory.
A good away victory last time out for Cliftonville U20, who won 4-0 against Coleraine U20 (placed 5th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Linfield U20 with a 4-2 scoreline.
As mentioned above, Cliftonville U20 "killed" Coleraine U20 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cliftonville U20, as the Premiership Development League home game vs Larne U20 is only two days away.
Cliftonville U20 always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 35 goals in 8 league games. Cliftonville U20 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Crusaders U20 form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (65) in Premiership Development League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Premiership Development League. A great winning streak in away games for Crusaders U20 as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Linfield U20 have they travelled home without three points.
Crusaders U20 won their last game, 5-1 versus Linfield U20 played at home. A loss against Glentoran U20 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, Crusaders U20 was the only team on the pitch versus Linfield U20 in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Crusaders U20 alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (32 from 9 played). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crusaders U20 have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Crusaders U20 - Cliftonville U20 2-2 entered in the official records. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's {2 Cliftonville U20 victories}, 1 draw and {1 Crusaders U20 wins}. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Cliftonville U20 missing players
Crusaders U20 missing players
| Cliftonville U20 | Crusaders U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 60 | 35 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 32 | 65 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 52% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 56% | 33% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 62% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 8.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | 62 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 72 | 143 |
| 56 | 35 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 38 | 81 |
| 48% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 33% |
- All of Crusaders U20's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cliftonville U20 has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Cliftonville U20 has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Cliftonville U20 has the most scored goals (35) at home
- Cliftonville U20 has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
- Cliftonville U20 has the the best goal difference (+29) at home
- Cliftonville U20 has the the best goal difference (+41)
- Cliftonville U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville U20 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cliftonville U20 have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cliftonville U20 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cliftonville U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cliftonville U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cliftonville U20 is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Crusaders U20 has the most clean sheets (3)
- Crusaders U20 has the most scored goals (65)
- Crusaders U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crusaders U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Crusaders U20 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders U20 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 39 | 49 |
| 2 | Cliftonville U20 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Linfield U20 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 38 | 36 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Coleraine U20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Glentoran U20 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 35 | -14 | 21 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 29 | -34 | 18 |
| 10 | Ballymena United U20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | Institute U20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 27 | -29 | 14 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -40 | 8 |