Here's what we know about the Cliftonville - Crusaders match:

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 04.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Solitude (6224 seats)

Cliftonville are placed 4th so far, while Crusaders are lagging 3 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Crusaders have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Cliftonville form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Solitude as Cliftonville have scored 37 goals to get 38 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 12-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Cliftonville's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Linfield.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Crusaders that ended 1-1.

Cliftonville can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 37 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cliftonville have conceded 17 goals.

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Crusaders form and stats

Playing away, Crusaders have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premiership this season.

Crusaders lost away at Glentoran (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cliftonville.

Crusaders are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Crusaders in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cliftonville - Crusaders 1-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cliftonville won two, Crusaders won four and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CliftonvilleM. McCrudden
M. McCrudden
14 goals
CliftonvilleR. Curran
R. Curran
11 goals
CrusadersP. Heatley
P. Heatley
10 goals

Cliftonville missing players

Crusaders missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cliftonville Crusaders
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 20 6 Played P 6 20 38
17 12 3 Won W 0 7 16
9 3 1 Drew D 0 4 6
12 5 2 Lost L 6 9 16
59 39 7 Scored S 3 28 62
42 22 9 Conceded C 12 28 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 90% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 85% 79%
50% 65% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 61%
21% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 30% 37%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
42% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 65% 58%
32% 40% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
29% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 15% 16%
 
5.4 5.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.5 5.8
4.7 4.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.1
1.4 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.6 8.5 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 9.6 9.6
3.9 4.7 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.9 4
39% 41% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 36% 40%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Crusaders 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 Linfield 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

Table
  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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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