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Crusaders vs Coleraine Live Stream, Predictions
Crusaders take on the visiting Coleraine at Seaview in this Premiership match on Saturday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Crusaders v Coleraine are shown on this page (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Crusaders
LLDWWW 📈
Crusaders, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-4 Premiership success versus Ballymena United.
For Crusaders, goals were scored by Adam Lecky (11'), Ben Kennedy (67'), Paul Heatley (71') and Jarlath O'Rourke (74'). Kym Nelson (18') and Fraser Taylor (28') scored for Ballymena United.
In their preceding six fixtures, Stephen Baxter's Crusaders have found the net a total of 10 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.
Coleraine
LWLWWD
Last time out, Coleraine drew 0-0 in the Premiership tie with Larne.
The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Coleraine has become evident in recent matches. A glance at their last 6 games shows that it has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal aggregate of 6 and Coleraine have scored 7.
↔️ Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 08/11/2022 shows us that Crusaders have won 4 of these games & Coleraine 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.
A total of 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 from The Hatchetmen and 6 netted by The Bannsiders. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The last league contest between these sides was Premiership match day 15 on 04/11/2023 and the score finished Crusaders 0-2 Coleraine.
The referee was Tony Clarke.
📰 Team News: Crusaders
Jimmy Callacher (Cruciate ligament tear) and Josh Robinson (Cruciate ligament injury) are unavailable for Crusaders gaffer Stephen Baxter.
🗞️ Team News: Coleraine
Coleraine manager Oran Kearney has to choose a team with limited availability. Rodney Brown (Knock) and Adam Mullan (Fitness) will miss out on this game.
⚡ Prediction
In this match, Coleraine are likely to score against this Crusaders team, however that might not be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Crusaders after 90 minutes. Could easily see this go either way.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 14:06 16/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Crusaders
Formed: 1898
Stadium: Seaview (3,208)
Captain: Billy Burns
Chairman: Ronnie Millar
Manager: Stephen Baxter
Competitions: Premiership position 4
🔑 Key Player: Paul Heatley
Generally used in the Left Wing position, Paul Heatley was born in N. Ireland. After having made a senior debut playing for Carrick Rangers in the 2011 - 2012 season, the dangerous Forward has managed to score 8 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 26 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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31 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 74 | WWWWD |
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31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 72 | LDLWW |
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31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 67 | DWWLL |
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31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 51 | LDWWW |
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31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 50 | DWLDL |
6 |
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31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 39 | WLWWD |
7 |
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31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 36 | LDLDW |
8 |
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31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 35 | LDWDL |
9 |
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31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | -14 | 34 | DLLDW |
10 |
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31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 31 | WDLWL |
11 |
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31 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -37 | 19 | LDLLL |
12 |
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31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | -54 | 17 | DDLLW |
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Glenavon |
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Linfield |
Cliftonville |
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Glentoran |
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Linfield |
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Cliftonville |
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Glentoran |
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Ballymena United |
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Linfield |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 9-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Ben Kennedy | 12 |
Paul Heatley | 8 |
Adam Lecky | 6 |
Philip Lowry | 6 |
Jarlath O'Rourke | 4 |
Conor McKendry | 11 |
Matthew Shevlin | 7 |
Josh Carson | 4 |
David McDaid | 3 |
Jamie McGonigle | 3 |
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