Coleraine will hope to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Crusaders.
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (38) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!
Coleraine form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Coleraine have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Coleraine, as their goalkeeper Gareth Deane has completely shut out the opponents for 436 minutes in the Premiership.
Coleraine's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Dungannon Swifts (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Larne and winning 2-0.It should be added that a look at the 14 latest league games reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Coleraine's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crusaders form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (38) in Premiership, are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Impressive finishing from Hegarty (2) and Lecky secured the home win 3-2 against Glentoran in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Linfield that ended 0-0.The visiting Crusaders have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. Crusaders have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Crusaders have won or drawn the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Coleraine.Interested in a bet on both teams to score (yes or no)? As it happens, the previous time both teams scored in one of the home team's league fixtures was the last time they played today's opponent Crusaders! That was Coleraine - Crusaders 1-2, five games ago.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 12 goals |  P. Lowry 12 goals | A. Lecky 5 goals |
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| Coleraine | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 72% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 61% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 8.9 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 38% | 34% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 40% |
| 7.9 | 8.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 3.1 |
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (38) in Premiership
- Crusaders have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Larne | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Linfield | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 15 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | -34 | 7 |
| 12 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -38 | 4 |
