Crusaders U20 and Linfield U20 supporters have their most treasured supporter gear on for this first game week of a new Premiership Development League campaign. Let's go!
Crusaders U20 form and stats
In the previous season, Crusaders U20's league statistics were 21 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Premiership Development League. In these 30 matches they scored 78 goals and conceded 37. Appearing at home in the previous season Crusaders U20 produced 11-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 13 conceded.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Portadown U20 in only four days.
Linfield U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Linfield U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 93 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 44/15 goals scored/conceded.
After this away game Linfield return home for a Premiership Development League game against Glentoran U20. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Crusaders two wins, zero draws and Linfield U20 four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Crusaders U20 missing players
Linfield U20 missing players
| Crusaders U20 | Linfield U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Crusaders U20 | Last season | Linfield U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 28 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 78 | 38 | Scored | S | 44 | 93 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 79% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 58% | 54% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 54% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 14% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 17.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ballymena United U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Coleraine U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Crusaders U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Glenavon U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Linfield U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portadown U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Cliftonville U20 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 66 | 70 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 78 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 41 | 66 |
| 3 | Linfield U20 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 60 | 63 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 52 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Glentoran U20 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | Glenavon U20 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 68 | 69 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 40 | -1 | 39 |
| 7 | Coleraine U20 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 84 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 43 | -47 | 27 |
| 10 | Institute U20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 76 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -43 | 24 |
| 11 | Ballymena United U20 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 42 | -32 | 22 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 43 | -64 | 11 |