Sports betting guide: Linfield vs Crusaders - predictions and stats

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Windsor Park (24734 seats)

This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both crews, as it's the premier Premiership game of the season. Both Linfield and Crusaders are looking for a good start to their league season.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Linfield form and stats

Linfield could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premiership. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Windsor Park they witnessed 14 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W22 - D4 - L7 from 33 games.

Linfield are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Glentoran awaits in three days.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Linfield friendly games in pre-season: Linfield played three friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Linfield scored 0 goals and conceded 10 in these three games.

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Crusaders form and stats

Let's have a look at how Crusaders performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 26/22 goals scored/conceded.

After this away game Crusaders return home for a Premiership game against Portadown. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's a day of discovery for Crusaders as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Crusaders have played six with the results W4-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Crusaders has scored 16 goals and conceded 9 times.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Linfield won seven, Crusaders were winners in one and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Linfield missing players

Crusaders missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Linfield Crusaders
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Linfield Last season Crusaders
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 39
24 15   Won W   7 16
6 2   Drew D   5 7
8 2   Lost L   9 16
83 53   Scored S   28 62
38 12   Conceded C   28 50
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 77%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 59%
32% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 36%
21% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 10%
58% 42%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
39% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 28%
8% 11%   Failed to Score F T   19% 18%
 
6.9 7.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
5.1 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.1
1.3 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.7 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 9.7
4.3 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
50% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 40%

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

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