Struggling Warrenpoint Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Crusaders in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Warrenpoint Town nor Crusaders 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.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
The struggle is real here at Milltown Playing Fields with only 15 points collected from 16 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 4-3-9. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Warrenpoint Town, their manager S. McDonnell and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.Happy days for Warrenpoint Town in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Ards that ended with a 1-0 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Glentoran.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Warrenpoint Town as they are travelling to their away game against Ballymena United in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Warrenpoint Town has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 31 matches. Warrenpoint Town have conceded 36 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Crusaders form and stats
The visitors are W8-D1-L6 on the road this term.Crusaders are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premiership against Cliftonville. A draw for Crusaders before that, at their own venue hosting Glenavon (1-1).
After this away game Crusaders are travelling again fairly soon, but not to a normal away game. The Premiership match versus Ards is played at a neutral venue in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Crusaders's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 31 away matches. As opposed to that, Crusaders have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Crusaders - Warrenpoint Town 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Warrenpoint Town, 1 draw and 9 wins for Crusaders.Top Goalscorers
  P. Heatley 14 goals |   A. O'Sullivan 9 goals |  R. Patterson 9 goals |
Warrenpoint Town missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Warrenpoint Town | Crusaders | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | Played | 16 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 81% | Over 1.5 | 81% | 74% |
| 55% | 62% | Over 2.5 | 62% | 65% |
| 42% | 44% | Over 3.5 | 44% | 45% |
| 19% | 31% | Over 4.5 | 31% | 32% |
| 58% | 56% | Both teams to score | 50% | 52% |
| 16% | 12% | Clean Sheet | 31% | 29% |
| 26% | 31% | Failed To Score | 19% | 19% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 44 | 74 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 28 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 60 |
| 4 | Glenavon | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 57 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 51 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 51 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 36 |
| 9 | Institute | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -26 | 31 |
| 11 | Newry City | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 30 | -30 | 17 |
| 11 | Ards | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 32 | -31 | 18 |
| 12 | Newry City AFC | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | -37 | 17 |
