Crusaders U20 can not bank on any pleasantries from the home team Portadown U20 in this Premiership Development League fixture. Here's your comprehensive match preview!
- Portadown U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership Development League
Portadown U20 and Crusaders U20 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Portadown U20 form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership Development League for Portadown U20 at their home stadium is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Two home wins in a row for Portadown U20 bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Portadown last time playing, versus Dungannon Swifts U20. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1.
0-0 away at Carrick Rangers U20 before that.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Portadown U20 is on fire here. A stunning 19 from 5 league matches. Portadown U20 have conceded 8 from these games.
Crusaders U20 form and stats
Crusaders U20 have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Premiership Development League games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Crusaders U20 who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Cliftonville U20.
Crusaders won their last game, 3-0 versus Glentoran U20 played at home.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Larne U20.Crusaders create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 16 goals in 6 travels. As opposed to that, Crusaders U20 have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This duo played each other before this match year: Portadown - Crusaders U20 0-3.Portadown U20 missing players
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| Portadown U20 | Crusaders U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 77% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 62% | 80% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 23% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 16.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| 59% | 73% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 13.1 | 12.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| 6.1 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
- All of Portadown U20's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Crusaders U20 have not yet lost a game.
- 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 away matches so far.
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the most points (16) away in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the the best goal difference (+22) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Crusaders U20 is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiership Development League
- Portadown U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portadown U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Portadown U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Portadown U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Glenavon U20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | Larne U20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 7 | Portadown U20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 25 | -13 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | -24 | 8 |