Happy home supporters, the away team claims a mighty victory or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Crusaders and Glenavon battle at Seaview.
- Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glenavon have not yet lost a game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders have played 4 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Crusaders fans got no joy from their last match, a Irish League Cup game also here at Seaview: A 2-3 defeat against Ballymena United (after extra-time) (placed 9th).
Before that match, a Premiership win away at Ballymena United.There will be little rest for Crusaders after this match as they are travelling to Dungannon Swifts for a Premiership game in only three days.
Crusaders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Seaview with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Glenavon form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Glenavon playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Glenavon has drawn their two previous away games.
Glenavon go into this game after a win, the home game against Dungannon Swifts that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Dungannon Swifts was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Glentoran (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in the Irish League Cup.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Glenavon are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Glenavon as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Crusaders won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Glenavon got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Fitzpatrick 6 goals |  B. Kennedy 2 goals | A. Lecky 2 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Crusaders | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 39% |
- Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glenavon have not yet lost a game away.
- Glenavon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Linfield | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Larne | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Portadown | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -16 | 3 |