Crusaders fans anticipate points in home game facing Portadown

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Tue 31.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Seaview (3383 seats)

With the anxious opening match finished it’s time for the second Premiership battle of the season. Crusaders eagerly anticipate Portadown in front of their home following.

It's no vacation for neither Crusaders nor Portadown 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.

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Crusaders form and stats

In the previous season, Crusaders's league results were 16 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, providing 6th spot in the Premiership. From these 33 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 40. Playing as the home side in the previous season Crusaders managed 9-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 18 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Crusaders's attacking players as they have now played 270 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Cushley was their last goal scorer.

Crusaders lost their last game at Linfield (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Cliftonville the opponent.

Crusaders are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost three.

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Portadown form and stats

Let's have a look at how Portadown performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 65 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 21/39 goals scored/conceded.

There were no winners in Portadown's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs Glenavon (placed 6th).

Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Ballymena United's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Portadown played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Larne in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these sides: Crusaders won six, Portadown triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PortadownP. Finnegan
P. Finnegan
1 goals

Crusaders missing players

Portadown missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crusaders Portadown
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Crusaders Last season Portadown
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 18   Played P   18 38
16 9   Won W   4 10
7 2   Drew D   3 6
16 7   Lost L   11 22
62 34   Scored S   24 50
50 22   Conceded C   47 78
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
77% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 89%
59% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 74%
36% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 37%
10% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   39% 24%
56% 50%   BTTS BTTS   61% 66%
28% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 13%
18% 17%   Failed to Score F T   28% 24%
 
5.8 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.5
5.1 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   8.4 8.2
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9.7 9.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.3 6.4
4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.2
40% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Larne 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Linfield 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Glentoran 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Glenavon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Portadown 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Ballymena United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
12 Crusaders 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Larne 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Linfield 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Glentoran 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Glenavon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Portadown 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
9 Ballymena United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
12 Crusaders 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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