Crusaders have played excellent football so far this season, sitting at 4th place in the table. Glenavon have a view both up and down from their 8th spot.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Crusaders nor Glenavon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Crusaders form and stats
5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Crusaders so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Crusaders, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Crusaders are returning here after visiting Larne and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Crusaders lost 0-1 at home to Glenavon.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Carrick Rangers are coming to town in four days.
Crusaders are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crusaders have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glenavon form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
The followers enjoyed Glenavon's previous fixture versus Portadown (placed 11th), a 3-0 win played at home.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Warrenpoint Town.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Glenavon manager Hamilton as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ballymena United.
The travelling fans enjoy Glenavon's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. Glenavon have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the final score Crusaders - Glenavon 0-1 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Crusaders victories, two draws and six Glenavon wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 9 goals |  M. Fitzpatrick 9 goals | P. Campbell 7 goals |
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| Crusaders | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 33 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 20 | 35 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 92% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 60% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 69% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 46% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 20% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 38% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 23% | 35% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.3 | 8.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 43% | 43% |
| 7.1 | 5.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8 | 8.4 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) 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 | Glentoran | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 59 |
| 2 | Linfield | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 29 | 56 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 55 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Larne | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 40 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -6 | 38 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -31 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -21 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 38 | -36 | 14 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -35 | 12 |
