Crusaders open their doors to Larne for another interesting Premiership game here at Seaview.
- Crusaders have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Crusaders nor Larne 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
Perfect Premiership season at home so far for Crusaders 2 wins from 2 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Crusaders here at Seaview, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A nice win for Crusaders last time playing, versus Larne. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Newry City AFC.This is expected to be a close game, with Crusaders perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crusaders as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Crusaders has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Crusaders's 2 home games: 7 goals, 2 conceded.
Larne form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership so far for Larne and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 0 losses from 4 travels.
Larne play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Crusaders (placed 3rd). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Ballymena United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Larne playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Larne wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Larne has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Crusaders-Larne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crusaders four wins, Larne four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. O'Neill 3 goals |  P. Lowry 2 goals | P. Heatley 2 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Larne missing players
| Crusaders | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 85% | 89% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- Crusaders have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Premiership
| Crusaders | Last season | Larne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 21 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Scored | S | 36 | 67 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 90% | ||
| 68% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 75% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 15% | ||
| 39% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 55% | ||
| 42% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 35% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Larne | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Linfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 82 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 71 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 68 |
| 5 | Larne | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 62 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 51 |
