Larne and Crusaders are both riding high in the Premiership with their 2nd and 4th places respectively. This could be a great fixture!
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (49) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Larne form and stats
Larne have performed here at Inver Park this season with 7 wins from 10 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Larne are returning here after visiting Glentoran and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Bonis has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Badass!
Ahead of that fixture, a home victory hosting Crumlin United in the Irish Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Larne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
It should be considered that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Portadown are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Larne are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Larne have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Crusaders form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (49) in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Crusaders go into this game after a win, the home game against Newry City AFC that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Glenavon's place.Crusaders are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Crusaders are hosting Linfield in the Premiership only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Crusaders have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. Crusaders have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Larne - Crusaders 4-1 was the end result in these sides' previous head to head match, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Larne won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Crusaders managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Lowry 13 goals |  L. Bonis 10 goals | P. O'Neill 10 goals |
Larne missing players
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| Larne | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 40 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 49 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 19 | 29 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 82% | 91% |
| 68% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 82% | 87% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | 74% |
| 27% | 30% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 57% |
| 59% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 35% |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 27% | 17% |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 12.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
- Crusaders have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (49) in Premiership
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Larne | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Linfield | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 43 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 35 | -35 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 35 | -49 | 5 |
