Crusaders vs Linfield Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Crusaders

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Crusaders enter this fixture following a 1-1 Premiership draw against Larne.

The only scorer from Crusaders was Philip Lowry (65'). Leroy Millar (80') scored for Larne.

Crusaders haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 12 during that time and have conceded a total of 8. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen whether that trend shall be sustained in this next game.

Linfield

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Linfield will go into the game after a 0-4 Premiership win with the downing of Ballymena United in their most recent match.

For Linfield, the goals were scored by Joel Cooper (38'), Kirk Millar (45'), Chris Shields (59') and Robbie McDaid (62').

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Linfield, at least three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per game in that spell is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Linfield standing at 2.5.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 19/03/2021 shows us that Crusaders have won 1 of these and Linfield 5, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

In all, 20 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for The Hatchetmen and 13 for The Blues. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Premiership match day 1 on 19/04/2022 when the final score was Crusaders 1-2 Linfield.

The match was refereed by Lee Tavinder.

📋 Team News: Crusaders

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter to contend with due to a largely intact group of players. Ben Kennedy (Knee Injury) misses out.

📋 Team News: Linfield

Thanks to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Linfield manager David Healy does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Crusaders may find it difficult to be putting a goal past this Linfield outfit who we reckon will just have the edge.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Linfield at the end of this game.

Hoping for a good game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 23:46 11/09/2022