Betting guide: Crusaders favourite to beat Dungannon Swifts at Seaview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seaview (3383 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Premiership table has to be read with caution. So far Crusaders find themselves in 1st position and Dungannon Swifts are placed 3rd.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crusaders and Dungannon Swifts.

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Crusaders form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Crusaders, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premiership, have to build on here at Seaview in the Premiership.

Crusaders's last game was hosting Dungannon Swifts and winning 3-0. In the match before that, Crusaders hosted Larne and drew the game 2-2.

Crusaders are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D1-L0.

Crusaders are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Seaview in their league games, having scored an impressive 12 goals in 4 attempts. Crusaders have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Dungannon Swifts play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Crusaders. Before that, Dungannon Swifts secured a home win against Dergview with the score 2-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dungannon Swifts played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Dungannon Swifts have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Crusaders - Dungannon Swifts 3-0, played this season. Crusaders-Dungannon Swifts H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crusaders 6 wins, Dungannon Swifts 3 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Lowry
3 goals
P. Heatley
3 goals
R. Clarke
3 goals

Crusaders missing players

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Crusaders Dungannon Swifts
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
5 4 0 Played 0 2 5
4 3 0 Won 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
14 12 0 Scored 0 3 10
2 2 0 Conceded 0 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 25% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 80%
80% 75% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 20%
 
6 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2.5 3
2 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 6.3
1.7 1.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.5 4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Crusaders's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Dungannon Swifts's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Crusaders have not yet lost a game.
  • 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.
  • Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dungannon Swifts have scored away.
  • Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Crusaders have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Crusaders Last season Dungannon Swifts
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
5 4   Played   2 5
4 3   Won   1 3
1 1   Drew   0 1
0 0   Lost   1 1
14 12   Scored   3 10
2 2   Conceded   5 9
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
80% 100%   Over 2.5   100% 100%
40% 50%   Over 3.5   50% 60%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   50% 20%
20% 25%   BTTS   50% 80%
80% 75%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   50% 20%
 
6 6   Corners For (avg)   2.5 3
2 2   Corners Against (avg)   8 6.3
1.7 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   3.5 4
0 0   Red Cards   0 0
Key stats last season:
  • All of Crusaders's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Dungannon Swifts's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Crusaders have not yet lost a game.
  • 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.
  • Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dungannon Swifts have scored away.
  • Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Crusaders have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crusaders
10-08-19 PR Crusaders 3 - 0 Carrick Rangers
13-08-19 PR Crusaders 4 - 0 Warrenpoint Town
17-08-19 PR Cliftonville 0 - 2 Crusaders
24-08-19 PR Crusaders 2 - 2 Larne
31-08-19 PR Crusaders 3 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
07-09-19 PR Institute 14:00 Crusaders
14-09-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Glenavon
21-09-19 PR Coleraine 14:00 Crusaders
28-09-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Glentoran
04-10-19 PR Crusaders 18:45 Linfield
Dungannon Swifts
13-08-19 PR Institute 2 - 3 Dungannon Swifts
17-08-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 3 - 1 Glentoran
24-08-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 2 - 1 Glenavon
27-08-19 ILC Dungannon Swifts 2 - 0 Dergview
31-08-19 PR Crusaders 3 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
07-09-19 PR Coleraine 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
14-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 14:00 Cliftonville
21-09-19 PR Larne 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
28-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 14:00 Carrick Rangers
05-10-19 PR Warrenpoint Town 14:00 Dungannon Swifts

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Crusaders 5 4 1 0 14 2 4 3 1 0 12 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 12 13
2 Cliftonville 5 3 1 1 10 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 10
3 Dungannon Swifts 5 3 1 1 10 9 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 10
4 Coleraine 5 2 3 0 11 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 10 4 6 9
5 Larne 4 2 1 1 12 7 2 1 0 1 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 7
6 Ballymena United 4 2 1 1 8 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 7
7 Glentoran 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 5
8 Glenavon 5 1 1 3 5 10 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 -5 4
9 Linfield 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Carrick Rangers 5 1 0 4 3 7 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
11 Institute 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 1
12 Warrenpoint Town 4 0 0 4 1 17 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 12 -16 0