Creeping up on the top teams is the task when these two mid-table teams battle it out. Both are trying to strenghten their league table position, Crusaders in 5th and Coleraine in 6th position.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Crusaders and Coleraine should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Crusaders form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Crusaders have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.
The fans are hoping that Crusaders will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Cliftonville (placed 3rd).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Carrick Rangers.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crusaders have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost two.
Crusaders are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Linfield awaits in three days.
Crusaders has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.
Coleraine form and stats
There's been little loot from Coleraine's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Premiership. Coleraine only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Coleraine seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Coleraine's last game was the home draw against Larne (1-1).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Ballymena United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coleraine playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Coleraine win, one draw and two defeats.
Coleraine have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Coleraine have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Coleraine - Crusaders 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Crusaders wins - draws - Coleraine wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 11 goals |  B. Kennedy 10 goals | P. Heatley 6 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Crusaders | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 36 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 43 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 89% | 85% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 83% |
| 61% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 79% |
| 32% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 45% |
| 14% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 14% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 25% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 38% |
| 50% | 46% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 52% |
| 36% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 28% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 8.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 34% | 36% |
| 6.9 | 5.5 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 61 |
| 4 | Larne | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -33 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 17 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 29 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -38 | 12 |
