Statistics, patterns, results, form, H2H stats, selected XIs and much more: Here's all you need to know on Coleraine - Crusaders!
- Coleraine have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Irish League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Warrenpoint Town, was also a home game here at The Showgrounds. The away team is better rested.
Coleraine form and stats
Coleraine are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Showgrounds. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Coleraine's last game was hosting Warrenpoint Town (placed 12th) and winning 6-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Coleraine played a great game against Warrenpoint Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Shevlin when beating Warrenpoint Town, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Glenavon (0-1).The match schedule is unforgiving for Coleraine as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Glentoran are visiting.
The Coleraine fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Coleraine have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crusaders form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Crusaders have produced an overall stat of 5-0-4 so far. Crusaders seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Crusaders's previous game versus Dungannon Swifts (placed 10th), a Premiership 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Crusaders was the only team on the pitch versus Dungannon Swifts in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Glenavon wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.A new game in only four days for Crusaders, the Premiership home match versus Glenavon. Busy days.
Crusaders find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Crusaders - Coleraine 0-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coleraine eight wins, zero draws and Crusaders two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 9 goals |  B. Kennedy 7 goals | P. Heatley 5 goals |
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| Coleraine | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 82% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 71% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 10.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 37% | 38% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 26% | 34% |
| 7.9 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
- 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 | Cliftonville | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -29 | 7 |