Larne have journeyed here for an intriguing fight against the hosting Crusaders. Read up on the game with this in-depth Premiership preview!
- Larne have the the best goal difference (+6) 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 Larne.
Crusaders form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Crusaders's two home games in the Premiership so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Seaview.
Crusaders's last game was hosting Moyola Park and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Crusaders played a great game against Moyola Park and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cliftonville that ended 1-1.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 four games. Crusaders has won one of these, drawn two and lost one.
Crusaders has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
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 3 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses from 3 travels.
The supporters enjoyed Larne's previous game versus Limavady United, a Irish League Cup 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Larne was the only team on the pitch versus Limavady United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Warrenpoint Town in the Premiership.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Larne in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Larne, three draws and four defeats.
It's early days yet, but Larne has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crusaders won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Larne got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  L. Lynch 3 goals |  B. Burns 1 goals | J. Forsythe 1 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Larne missing players
| Crusaders | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 15.7 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 36% |
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- Larne have the the best goal difference (+6) in Premiership
| Crusaders | Last season | Larne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 18 | Played | P | 19 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 62 | 34 | Scored | S | 33 | 69 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 85% | ||
| 59% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 62% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 10% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 25% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| 4 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 60 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 54 |