Crusaders vs Cliftonville match preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 23.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Seaview (3383 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premiership game of the season. Crusaders look forward to welcoming Cliftonville in front of their home support.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

16 - 6 - 17 with 55-57. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cliftonville when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cliftonville play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Crusaders form and stats

Last season, Crusaders's league statistics were 17 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premiership. Over these 31 matches they scored 66 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Crusaders managed 10-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 13 conceded.

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Cliftonville form and stats

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cliftonville goalkeeper Richard Brush is eager to challenge this, with his 330 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Glentoran at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Let's have a look at how Cliftonville performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 25/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Crusaders, two draws and three wins for Cliftonville. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Crusaders missing players

Cliftonville missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crusaders Cliftonville
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% 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 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 8
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Crusaders Last season Cliftonville
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   16 31
17 10   Won W   9 18
8 3   Drew D   3 5
6 3   Lost L   4 8
66 35   Scored S   25 48
30 13   Conceded C   11 22
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
81% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 61%
58% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 39%
39% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 19%
19% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
45% 38%   BTTS BTTS   44% 39%
45% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 42%
16% 19%   Failed to Score F T   25% 23%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
368 211   Total Shots T S   148 261
155 85   Shots on Target S O   71 127
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 38%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Larne 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Portadown 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
4 Ballymena United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Crusaders 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Glentoran 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Warrenpoint Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Glenavon 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 31 22 3 6 71 24 15 12 2 1 44 9 16 10 1 5 27 15 47 69
2 Coleraine 31 19 8 4 64 24 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 10 3 3 35 14 40 65
3 Crusaders 31 17 8 6 66 30 16 10 3 3 35 13 15 7 5 3 31 17 36 59
4 Cliftonville 31 18 5 8 48 22 15 9 2 4 23 11 16 9 3 4 25 11 26 59
5 Glentoran 31 17 7 7 60 33 16 10 3 3 34 13 15 7 4 4 26 20 27 58
6 Larne 31 16 8 7 59 29 16 7 6 3 32 15 15 9 2 4 27 14 30 56
7 Glenavon 31 10 5 16 46 71 15 7 5 3 27 20 16 3 0 13 19 51 -25 35
8 Carrick Rangers 31 10 2 19 34 47 16 5 0 11 17 25 15 5 2 8 17 22 -13 32
9 Dungannon Swifts 31 8 6 17 36 76 16 6 3 7 23 33 15 2 3 10 13 43 -40 30
10 Ballymena United 31 7 6 18 34 54 16 4 3 9 20 30 15 3 3 9 14 24 -20 27
11 Warrenpoint Town 31 5 3 23 26 85 15 3 1 11 15 40 16 2 2 12 11 45 -59 18
12 Institute 31 2 9 20 23 72 15 1 2 12 8 41 16 1 7 8 15 31 -49 15

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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Larne 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Portadown 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
4 Ballymena United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Crusaders 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Glentoran 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Warrenpoint Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Glenavon 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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