Premiership: Two participants in fairly good shape get together for this game. Coleraine have a tiny advantage with their 4th spot in the league table?
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (56) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Premiership
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.
Crusaders form and stats
This stadium, Seaview, has been a fortress for Crusaders in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 12-1-1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Crusaders, who played 0-0 against Coleraine. That match was also played at this venue (Seaview).
Before that, Crusaders played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Glenavon.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Crusaders handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Goals are plentiful at Seaview in the league this season as Crusaders has scored 38 goals here in 14 home games. Crusaders have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Coleraine form and stats
The visitors are W7-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. In general it has been a productive period now for Coleraine as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.
Coleraine are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Crusaders (placed 5th).
Before that, Coleraine secured a home win against Newry City AFC with the score 1-0.Coleraine are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 7 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Coleraine's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Coleraine as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other earlier this match year: Coleraine - Crusaders 2-0. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Crusaders won four games, one match ended with a draw and Coleraine got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 21 goals |  P. Lowry 15 goals | P. Heatley 8 goals |
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| Crusaders | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 56 | 38 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | 49 |
| 33 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 83% |
| 83% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 69% |
| 66% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 31% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 34% |
| 41% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 57% | 59% |
| 24% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 24% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 11.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | 37% |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Premiership
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Premiership
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crusaders have the most points (37) at home in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (38) at home in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (56) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the the best goal difference (+28) at home 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 | Larne | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Linfield | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 55 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 54 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 53 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 34 | 51 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -13 | 31 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 29 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 66 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 44 | -47 | 20 |
| 12 | Portadown | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 40 | -59 | 6 |
