The league table in Premiership Development League tells a story about these teams so far, with Crusaders U20 leading Larne U20 by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Crusaders U20 form and stats
Crusaders U20, who have the most scored goals (42) in Premiership Development League, have performed here this season with 4 wins from 6 Premiership Development League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Happy days for Crusaders U20 in their previous game, a Premiership Development League match away at Institute U20 (placed 12th) that ended with a 5-1 victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Glenavon U20.
As mentioned above, Crusaders U20 "killed" Institute U20 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Crusaders U20 has scored 15 goals here in 6 attempts. Crusaders U20 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Larne U20 form and stats
Larne U20, who have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Premiership Development League, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premiership Development League, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Larne U20's last game was the home draw against Ballymena United U20 (0-0). Prior to that match, the Larne U20 manager faced defeat when travelling to Institute U20 and losing 0-2.
A new game in only three days for Larne U20, the Premiership Development League home match versus Dungannon Swifts U20. Busy days.
Larne U20 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Larne U20 concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Larne U20 - Crusaders U20 0-3 entered in the official records.Crusaders U20 missing players
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| Crusaders U20 | Larne U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 42 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 69% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 54% |
| 31% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Crusaders U20's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Larne U20's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crusaders U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crusaders U20 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders U20 have scored more than double the goals of Larne U20.
- Crusaders U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne U20 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Larne U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Larne U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 U20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 27 |
| 5 | Glentoran U20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Ballymena United U20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 8 | Coleraine U20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | Glenavon U20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 12 |
| 10 | Larne U20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 9 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 12 | Institute U20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -19 | 7 |