This looks to be an exciting fixture as Crusaders have their presumed home advantage, while Glentoran are ahead 2 points in the Premiership standings.
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran have the most points (13) away in Premiership
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premiership. That game was an away game at Carrick Rangers, so at least Crusaders are thankful to return home in this one. 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
Crusaders have played 5 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Crusaders are returning here after visiting Carrick Rangers in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. P. Heatley and B. Kennedy scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Linfield.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Crusaders handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and three defeats.
Crusaders are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Dungannon Swifts awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Crusaders in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 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 4 from 5 matches.
Glentoran form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premiership.
Impressive finishing from J. Donnelly (2), C. McMenamin and B. Cushnie secured the home win 4-0 against Ballymena United in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Glentoran was very dominant against Ballymena United, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with J. Donnelly (2), C. McMenamin and B. Cushnie providing the goals.
It was a Irish League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Coleraine wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Glentoran are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.
Glentoran has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded match featuring both these contenders is the Glentoran - Crusaders 0-3 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Crusaders victories, two draws and three Glentoran wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 11 goals | C. McMenamin 8 goals |  B. Kennedy 5 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Crusaders | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 77% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 27% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 8.6 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 47% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 40% |
| 7.4 | 6.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Glentoran have the most points (13) away in Premiership
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Larne | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Linfield | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Portadown | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 7 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -23 | 3 |