In total; 14 game weeks are done and Crusaders are 17 points ahead of Portadown. What will the score be?
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Crusaders form and stats
In their previous game, the manager S. Baxter led his Crusaders to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Ballymena United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Seaview.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dungannon Swifts and winning 2-0.Crusaders are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Glenavon awaits in four days.
The Crusaders fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-1-5 (7 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Portadown are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
There were no winners in Portadown's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 2-2 vs Larne (placed 5th).
Prior to that match, the Portadown manager M. Tipton faced defeat when travelling to Dungannon Swifts and losing 2-4.With the home team given a winning chance of about 80% by the bookies, any positive result for the guesting team would be a small shock. Inspecting previous games with similar odds and Portadown playing away, we found eight results. The numbers from these were zero away wins, two draws and six defeats. The away team lost six of these matches by a margin of at least two goals.
The schedule is very tough for Portadown now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Glentoran is waiting in only four days.
Portadown find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Portadown are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Crusaders - Portadown 4-0 was the story when this pair of contenders last met, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Crusaders won seven, Portadown triumphed in one and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 5 goals | P. Heatley 4 goals | A. Lecky 4 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Portadown missing players
| Crusaders | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 80% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 60% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 5 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 7.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 32% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 40% |
| 7.3 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
- 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.
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premiership
- Portadown have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Premiership
- Portadown haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Cliftonville | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Linfield | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 29 |
| 5 | Larne | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 9 |
| 11 | Portadown | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 8 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -25 | 6 |