League round two of the Premiership Development League campaign and the teams have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the ultimate Crusaders U20 - Glentoran U20 pre-match guide:
The hosts Crusaders U20 saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premiership Development League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dungannon Swifts U20, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Crusaders U20 form and stats
Last season, Crusaders U20's league statistics were 20 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, producing 1st spot in the Premiership Development League. Over these 33 matches they scored 68 goals and conceded 33. Playing as the home side in the last season Crusaders U20 managed 11-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 15 conceded. The hosts won their first Premiership Development League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Crusaders U20 last season were 11 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss from 18 games.
A nice win for Crusaders last time playing, versus Dungannon Swifts U20. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Linfield U20 and winning 3-0.Crusaders U20 has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Glentoran U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Glentoran U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded 76 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 30/48 goals scored/conceded.
Glentoran U20 go into this game after a win, the home game against Larne U20 that ended 3-0.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Dungannon Swifts U20.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former eight meetings): Crusaders won four games, one match ended with a tie and Glentoran U20 got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / zero
Crusaders U20 missing players
Glentoran U20 missing players
| Crusaders U20 | Glentoran U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Crusaders U20 | Last season | Glentoran U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 18 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 68 | 37 | Scored | S | 30 | 70 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 48 | 76 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 64% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 81% | 79% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 18% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 55% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 67% | ||
| 39% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 12% | ||
| 9% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 21% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 6 | ||
| 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 U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Glentoran U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ballymena United U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Crusaders U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cliftonville U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Coleraine U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Newry City U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Glenavon U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Larne U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Cliftonville U20 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 68 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 42 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | Ballymena United U20 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 53 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 59 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 70 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 33 | -2 | 51 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 43 | -8 | 45 |
| 7 | Portadown U20 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 44 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 80 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Glentoran U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 70 | 76 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 48 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 40 |
| 11 | Larne U20 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 50 | -33 | 31 |
