Glory for the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table sides Glentoran and Crusaders meet at The Oval.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran have performed here at The Oval this season with 7 wins from 10 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
The Glentoran fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Dungannon Swifts and win 6-0. As mentioned above, Glentoran "killed" Dungannon Swifts in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that match, a win away at Newry City AFC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Glentoran handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be considered that a glance at the 20 most recent league matches shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Goals are plentiful at The Oval in the league this season as Glentoran has scored 26 goals here in 10 home games. Glentoran are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Crusaders form and stats
Playing away, Crusaders have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Crusaders goalkeeper Jonny Tuffey is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Crusaders had fun at their own home (The Oval) last time out, beating Linfield 2-0. Forsythe scored.
A 0-0 draw at Larne's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Crusaders have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Irish Cup trip to Bangor.
Crusaders have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Crusaders struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date archived result involving both these teams is the Crusaders - Glentoran 3-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Glentoran victories, zero draws and four Crusaders wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Lowry 14 goals |  C. McMenamin 9 goals | J. Donnelly 8 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Glentoran | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | 26 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 51 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 29 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 64% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 84% |
| 55% | 70% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 68% |
| 32% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 24% |
| 27% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 40% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 6 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 38% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 7.2 | 6.4 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 41 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
