The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Crusaders leading Glentoran by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
- Crusaders have won all their matches at home so far.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Crusaders form and stats
As mentioned below, Crusaders are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premiership games.
No payout for Crusaders in their previous match, an away game at Glenavon that ended in defeat 1-3. Before that, Crusaders had a home game versus Dungannon Swifts which ended with a victory 3-1.
A decent goal production from Crusaders in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Defensively Crusaders have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premiership for Glentoran with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Impressive finishing from R. McDaid, J. Donnelly (2), P. McClean and P. O'Neill secured the home win 5-1 against Dungannon Swifts in their previous game. Before that, Glentoran travelled to Linfield and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.
As mentioned above, Glentoran was the only team on the pitch versus Dungannon Swifts in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Glentoran have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. The Glentoran manager M. McDermott has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Crusaders won eight, Glentoran won zero and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Crusaders missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Crusaders | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 62% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 62% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 62% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 10.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 36% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 32% |
- Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders have won all their matches at home so far.
- Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game 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 | Larne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Linfield | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Glenavon | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Coleraine | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Glentoran | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Portadown | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 4 |