Linfield fights Crusaders in Premiership battle

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 30.October
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Windsor Park (24734 seats)

The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Linfield and Crusaders are placed 1st and 3rd respectively.

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!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Linfield form and stats

The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Windsor Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Linfield last season were 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 15 games.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Carrick Rangers in a game that was won 5-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Linfield's 1 home game: 5 goals, 1 conceded.

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Crusaders form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premiership, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.

268 minutes! That's how long the Crusaders goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Warrenpoint Town at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Crusaders have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Linfield victories, two draws and four Crusaders wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Linfield missing players

Crusaders missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Linfield Crusaders
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 5 0 Scored S 0 1 2
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
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
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
28 17 0 Total Shots T S 0 6 19
15 9 0 Shots on Target S O 0 2 9
53% 56% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 22%
Linfield Last season Crusaders
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 15   Played P   15 31
22 12   Won W   7 17
3 2   Drew D   5 8
6 1   Lost L   3 6
71 44   Scored S   31 66
24 9   Conceded C   17 30
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 94%
74% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 81%
58% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 58%
29% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 39%
19% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 19%
42% 40%   BTTS BTTS   53% 45%
45% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 45%
16% 7%   Failed to Score F T   13% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
301 188   Total Shots T S   157 368
127 82   Shots on Target S O   70 155
48% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  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 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 6
2 Larne 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Crusaders 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Coleraine 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
6 Ballymena United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7 Cliftonville 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Portadown 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
9 Glentoran 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Carrick Rangers 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
12 Dungannon Swifts 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 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 31 22 3 6 71 24 15 12 2 1 44 9 16 10 1 5 27 15 47 69
2 Coleraine 31 19 8 4 64 24 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 10 3 3 35 14 40 65
3 Crusaders 31 17 8 6 66 30 16 10 3 3 35 13 15 7 5 3 31 17 36 59
4 Cliftonville 31 18 5 8 48 22 15 9 2 4 23 11 16 9 3 4 25 11 26 59
5 Glentoran 31 17 7 7 60 33 16 10 3 3 34 13 15 7 4 4 26 20 27 58
6 Larne 31 16 8 7 59 29 16 7 6 3 32 15 15 9 2 4 27 14 30 56
7 Glenavon 31 10 5 16 46 71 15 7 5 3 27 20 16 3 0 13 19 51 -25 35
8 Carrick Rangers 31 10 2 19 34 47 16 5 0 11 17 25 15 5 2 8 17 22 -13 32
9 Dungannon Swifts 31 8 6 17 36 76 16 6 3 7 23 33 15 2 3 10 13 43 -40 30
10 Ballymena United 31 7 6 18 34 54 16 4 3 9 20 30 15 3 3 9 14 24 -20 27
11 Warrenpoint Town 31 5 3 23 26 85 15 3 1 11 15 40 16 2 2 12 11 45 -59 18
12 Institute 31 2 9 20 23 72 15 1 2 12 8 41 16 1 7 8 15 31 -49 15

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 Linfield 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 6
2 Larne 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Crusaders 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Coleraine 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
6 Ballymena United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7 Cliftonville 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Portadown 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
9 Glentoran 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Carrick Rangers 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
12 Dungannon Swifts 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

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