Coleraine and Crusaders are both riding high in the Premiership with their 4th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Coleraine has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Coleraine form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Coleraine have to build on here at The Showgrounds in the Premiership. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Coleraine has won five games in a row. The Dungannon Swifts match was the last time out without a victory. It’s been three wins in a row for Coleraine here at The Showgrounds, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's back home for Coleraine, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Larne away with the result 2-1. S. Lowry and J. McLaughlin found the net in that victory. Before that, Coleraine had a home game versus Dungannon Swifts which ended with a victory 2-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cliftonville are coming to town in three days.
The Coleraine fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Coleraine's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crusaders form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Crusaders have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far. Crusaders have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Visiting Crusaders has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Portadown (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 2-2. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Larne.
A quick return to home after this game, as Crusaders are hosting Glentoran in the Premiership only three days away.
Crusaders has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Crusaders struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Crusaders - Coleraine 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Coleraine won six, Crusaders won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 7 goals |  P. Heatley 6 goals | J. Owens 5 goals |
Coleraine missing players
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| Coleraine | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 57% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | 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 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.1 | 10.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 48% |
- Coleraine has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Larne | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 9 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -20 | 4 |