Crusaders have performed well so far, sitting at 4th place in the table. Glenavon have a view both up and down the table from the 8th position.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
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 Glenavon.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders have played 10 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Crusaders against Portadown the last match, as Kennedy were on target.
Preceding that match was the home game against Glentoran that was lost 1-2.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 eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost four.
Crusaders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Seaview with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Crusaders have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glenavon form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Glenavon have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far.
Glenavon go into this game after a win, the home game against Dungannon Swifts that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Linfield's place.You'll want to know how Glenavon managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
Glenavon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. Glenavon have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Glenavon - Crusaders 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crusaders three wins, two draws and Glenavon five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 9 goals |  M. Fitzpatrick 9 goals | P. Heatley 6 goals |
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| Crusaders | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 31 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 29 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 61% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 70% |
| 26% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 43% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 17% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 39% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 35% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 39% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.6 | 9.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 33% | 42% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 43% |
| 7 | 6.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- 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 the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Larne | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 41 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -29 | 22 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 20 |
| 11 | Portadown | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -36 | 8 |
