Premiership match prediction and preview for Crusaders vs Larne clash

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seaview (3383 seats)

The Premiership season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Crusaders and Larne promises to be an interesting one.

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!

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Crusaders form and stats

As mentioned below, Crusaders are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 games. Crusaders has recorded two wins in a row here at Seaview, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Crusaders, who won 2-0 against Cliftonville. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Warrenpoint Town.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lurgan Celtic are coming to town in three days.

At Seaview, Crusaders has the goal stats of 7-0 (for/against) from 2 fixtures.

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Larne form and stats

Only one away game so far for Larne and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 2 draws and 2 losses from eleven travels. Larne have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Larne failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Ballymena United that ended with defeat 2-4. Preceding that game was the away victory against Carrick Rangers with the score of 2-1.

A new game in only three days for Larne, the Irish League Cup home match versus Lisburn Distillery. Busy days.

2 goals so far away for Larne, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 3 - 1 - 1 (Crusaders wins - draws - Larne wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Heatley
3 goals
R. Clarke
3 goals
M. Randall
3 goals

Crusaders missing players

Larne missing players

Crusaders Larne
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played 0 1 3
3 2 0 Won 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
9 7 0 Scored 0 2 10
0 0 0 Conceded 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2 6.7
2 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 2.7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Crusaders Last season Larne
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
38 16 0 Played 0 16 32
21 11 0 Won 0 11 26
5 2 0 Drew 0 2 3
12 3 0 Lost 0 3 3
71 33 0 Scored 0 36 87
52 20 0 Conceded 0 14 19
97% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
76% 81% 0% Over 1.5 0% 94% 94%
66% 62% 0% Over 2.5 0% 56% 69%
45% 44% 0% Over 3.5 0% 38% 44%
29% 31% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 22%
53% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 44% 34%
29% 31% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 38% 56%
21% 19% 0% Failed To Score 0% 19% 9%
 
5.4 5.9 0 Corners For (avg) 0 13 5
4.8 4.6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4 1.5
2.4 2.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Larne have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crusaders
All Irish League Cup Champions League Premiership Europa League Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Carrick Rangers 5 - 0 Crusaders
01-08-19 EL Crusaders 1 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers
10-08-19 PR Crusaders 3 - 0 Carrick Rangers
13-08-19 PR Crusaders 4 - 0 Warrenpoint Town
17-08-19 PR Cliftonville 0 - 2 Crusaders
24-08-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Larne
27-08-19 ILC Crusaders 18:45 Lurgan Celtic
31-08-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
07-09-19 PR Institute 14:00 Crusaders
14-09-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Glenavon
Larne
All Irish League Cup Premiership Championship Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-07-19 CF Larne 5 - 0 Ards
27-07-19 CF Larne 7 - 0 Ballyclare Comrades
10-08-19 PR Larne 6 - 0 Warrenpoint Town
13-08-19 PR Carrick Rangers 1 - 2 Larne
17-08-19 PR Larne 2 - 4 Ballymena United
24-08-19 PR Crusaders 14:00 Larne
27-08-19 ILC Larne 18:45 Lisburn Distillery
02-09-19 PR Larne 18:45 Linfield
07-09-19 PR Glentoran 14:00 Larne
14-09-19 PR Institute 14:00 Larne

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Crusaders 3 3 0 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 9
2 Dungannon Swifts 3 2 1 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 7
3 Larne 3 2 0 1 10 5 2 1 0 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
4 Coleraine 3 1 2 0 7 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 5
5 Ballymena United 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 4
6 Cliftonville 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
7 Glenavon 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4
8 Linfield 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9 Carrick Rangers 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 3
10 Glentoran 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 2
11 Institute 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 0
12 Warrenpoint Town 3 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 12 -12 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 D P
1 Linfield 33 24 5 4 70 21 16 12 3 1 39 12 17 12 2 3 31 9 49 77
2 Ballymena United 33 21 5 7 74 42 16 11 3 2 38 18 17 10 2 5 36 24 32 68
3 Crusaders 33 20 4 9 65 44 16 11 2 3 33 20 17 9 2 6 32 24 21 64
4 Glenavon 33 17 9 7 60 40 17 9 4 4 32 20 16 8 5 3 28 20 20 60
5 Cliftonville 33 17 3 13 62 54 17 12 2 3 37 21 16 5 1 10 25 33 8 54
6 Coleraine 33 14 9 10 51 46 16 6 5 5 22 21 17 8 4 5 29 25 5 51
7 Glentoran 33 10 8 15 49 49 16 6 3 7 27 23 17 4 5 8 22 26 0 38
8 Institute 33 11 5 17 45 65 16 6 2 8 23 30 17 5 3 9 22 35 -20 38
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 9 15 37 56 17 7 4 6 20 27 16 2 5 9 17 29 -19 36
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 9 7 17 40 67 17 4 3 10 20 39 16 5 4 7 20 28 -27 34
11 Newry City 28 4 5 19 20 50 14 3 3 8 11 20 14 1 2 11 9 30 -30 17
11 Ards 33 4 7 22 27 58 17 3 4 10 17 26 16 1 3 12 10 32 -31 19
12 Newry City AFC 33 4 5 24 23 61 17 3 3 11 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 35 -38 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Larne 10 9 0 1 29 3 5 5 0 0 15 1 5 4 0 1 14 2 26 27
2 Carrick Rangers 10 8 1 1 25 14 5 5 0 0 17 5 5 3 1 1 8 9 11 25
3 Portadown 10 4 1 5 17 18 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 1 0 4 6 10 -1 13
4 Dundela 10 3 1 6 17 21 5 3 0 2 11 8 5 0 1 4 6 13 -4 10
5 Ballinamallard United 10 3 0 7 10 20 5 3 0 2 7 7 5 0 0 5 3 13 -10 9
6 H&W Welders 10 1 1 8 10 32 5 1 1 3 5 13 5 0 0 5 5 19 -22 4

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