Betting preview: Warrenpoint Town faced with a tough challenge when Crusaders visits

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Milltown Playing Fields (1280 seats)

Warrenpoint Town have some lost ground to recover from their 12th position, and the job starts vs Crusaders. Read more!

Insights:
  • Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
  • Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership

Only a few days to rest for the host team, as they played a Premiership match only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dungannon Swifts, was also a home game here at Milltown Playing Fields. The away team is better rested.

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Warrenpoint Town form and stats

With 1 Premiership win, 0 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Warrenpoint Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. With ten home Premiership games in a row without a win, the Warrenpoint Town fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Ballymena United game long ago, can be stopped today.

The Warrenpoint Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Dungannon Swifts here at Milltown Playing Fields in a Premiership match.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Dungannon Swifts that finished 2-2.

Warrenpoint has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. As for conceded goals, Warrenpoint Town's unpleasant statistic is 32 goals surrendered.

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Crusaders form and stats

As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Crusaders have produced an overall stat of 6-1-4 so far.

The Crusaders goalkeeper Jonny Tuffey is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 365 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Crusaders play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Cliftonville (placed 2nd).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Carrick Rangers.

Crusaders find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Crusaders as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Warrenpoint Town - Crusaders 2-4 was the output when these two teams formerly met, also in this season. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Warrenpoint Town won one, Crusaders triumphed in nine and we saw zero draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CrusadersB. Kennedy
B. Kennedy
8 goals
CrusadersP. Heatley
P. Heatley
6 goals
CrusadersA. Lecky
A. Lecky
4 goals

Warrenpoint Town missing players

Crusaders missing players

Warrenpoint Town Crusaders
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 2 11 20
2 1 1 Won W 2 6 11
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
16 10 3 Lost L 0 4 6
17 11 4 Scored S 4 14 28
48 32 12 Conceded C 0 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
85% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 65%
75% 91% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 18% 25%
25% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 15%
20% 36% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 9% 15%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 55% 55%
45% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 40%
 
3.6 3.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.8 5
6 4.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.4 5.3
2.5 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6 5.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.3 9.3
2.4 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.2
35% 38% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 27% 34%
 
10.1 8.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.1 7.2
5.5 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
  • Crusaders have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
  • Crusaders have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Warrenpoint Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Warrenpoint Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the fewest points (3) at home in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premiership
  • Warrenpoint Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 13 7 1 40 11 10 6 4 0 17 4 11 7 3 1 23 7 29 46
2 Cliftonville 21 13 5 3 33 15 11 10 0 1 20 6 10 3 5 2 13 9 18 44
3 Glentoran 21 13 4 4 42 22 11 6 2 3 24 16 10 7 2 1 18 6 20 43
4 Larne 21 11 5 5 39 25 10 5 4 1 17 8 11 6 1 4 22 17 14 38
5 Crusaders 20 11 3 6 28 13 9 5 2 2 14 5 11 6 1 4 14 8 15 36
6 Ballymena United 21 10 1 10 25 29 10 6 1 3 16 11 11 4 0 7 9 18 -4 31
7 Coleraine 20 8 6 6 30 17 10 5 3 2 13 5 10 3 3 4 17 12 13 30
8 Glenavon 20 7 4 9 24 25 10 3 1 6 7 15 10 4 3 3 17 10 -1 25
9 Carrick Rangers 21 5 4 12 15 32 11 3 1 7 7 18 10 2 3 5 8 14 -17 19
10 Dungannon Swifts 21 5 1 15 27 57 11 2 1 8 14 31 10 3 0 7 13 26 -30 16
11 Portadown 21 2 6 13 20 46 10 0 5 5 11 18 11 2 1 8 9 28 -26 12
12 Warrenpoint Town 20 2 2 16 17 48 11 1 0 10 11 32 9 1 2 6 6 16 -31 8