Portadown
Portadown
Crusaders
Crusaders
2023-03-18 15:00:00
2 - 2

Portadown vs Crusaders Live Stream, Predictions

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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Crusaders to Win

Portadown will do battle with guests Crusaders at Shamrock Park in this Premiership meeting on Saturday.

All Portadown v Crusaders game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).

Both Teams to Score Prediction
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📊 Form Guide

Portadown
Portadown
DLWWLW

Portadown fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 3-4 Premiership victory over Newry City.

For Portadown, the goals were scored by Stephen Teggart (17'), Paul McElroy (20'), Chris Rodgers (37' Own goal), Josh Archer (92') and Benny Igiehon (94'). John McGovern (45') and Brian Healy (80') scored for Newry City.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Portadown have taken part. Opposing sides scored 11 of them in these games while Portadown managed to get a total of 11.

Heading into this contest, Portadown have not emerged victorious against Crusaders in their previous 13 league games. That has got to hurt.

Crusaders
Crusaders
WDWDWD 📈

In their last game, Crusaders drew 2-2 in the Premiership match with Cliftonville.

For Crusaders, goals were scored by Jordan Forsythe (26') and Ross Clarke (80'). Ryan Curran (35', 71') was the scorer for Cliftonville.

A run of very capable showings by the Crusaders defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 outings overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern shall continue on in this upcoming match.

Analysis of their past results shows that Crusaders:

  • have not lost to Portadown when they've played them away from home in the last 7 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
  • are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.
  • are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 30/03/2021 reveals that these encounters have been miserable for Portadown. They have not been able to get themselves any wins at all while Crusaders have remained in the ascendancy, running out winners in 100 per cent of those matches.

17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 2 from The Ports and 15 for The Hatchetmen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premiership match day 12 on 22/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Crusaders 4-0 Portadown.

The match was refereed by Evan Boyce.

📋 Team News: Portadown

The Portadown boss Niall Currie does not have any fitness concerns at all before this match with a fully injury-free group ready to go.

📋 Team News: Crusaders

With a completely healthy group to pick from, the Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this game.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Portadown should have enough to score against this Crusaders team, but one goal may not be good enough.

We are therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Crusaders at the end of this one. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 02:29 14/03/2023

Correct Score Prediction
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1-2
Portadown

⚽️ Team Focus:
Portadown

Formed: 1887
Stadium: Shamrock Park (2,770)
Captain: Luke Wilson
Chairman: David Jameson
Manager: Niall Currie
Competitions: Premiership position 12

🔑 Key Man: Gregory Moorhouse

Gregory Moorhouse

Typically playing in the Striker position, Gregory Moorhouse was born in Rep. Ireland. After having made a senior debut playing for Glenavon in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has bagged 3 league goals in this Premiership 2022 - 2023 season so far from a total of 10 appearances.

Crusaders 2022-10-22 14:00:00 4 - 0 Portadown
Crusaders 2022-08-23 18:45:00 2 - 1 Portadown
Portadown 2022-01-25 19:45:00 0 - 1 Crusaders
Crusaders 2021-11-30 19:45:00 2 - 0 Portadown
Crusaders 2021-08-31 18:45:00 4 - 0 Portadown
Portadown 2021-03-30 18:45:00 1 - 2 Crusaders
Pos Team Pld W D L +/- Pts Form
1
Larne
Larne Larne
32 22 6 4 39 72 WWWDW
2
Cliftonville
Cliftonville Cliftonville
31 19 6 6 20 63 LWLWD
3
Linfield
Linfield Linfield
31 19 5 7 33 62 WLWWD
4
Glentoran
Glentoran Glentoran
31 18 4 9 36 58 LDWLW
5
Crusaders
Crusaders Crusaders
31 17 7 7 25 58 WDWDD
6
Coleraine
Coleraine Coleraine
31 17 6 8 24 57 DWLLW
7
Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers Carrick
31 11 4 16 -17 37 LLWLW
8
Glenavon
Glenavon Glenavon
31 9 8 14 -9 35 LLDWW
9
Ballymena United
Ballymena United Ballymena
32 9 5 18 -18 32 LDLLL
10
Newry City
Newry City Newry City
31 7 2 22 -27 23 LLWLL
11
Dungannon Swifts
Dungannon Swifts Dungannon
31 6 2 23 -50 20 LLWLL
12
Portadown
Portadown Portadown
31 4 3 24 -56 15 LWWLW
Portadown 2023-03-18 15:00:00 2 - 2 Crusaders
Newry City 2023-03-11 17:30:00 3 - 4 Portadown
Portadown 2023-03-04 15:00:00 1 - 3 Carrick Rangers
Portadown 2023-02-24 19:45:00 3 - 1 Dungannon Swifts
Portadown 2023-02-18 17:30:00 3 - 1 Glenavon
Cliftonville 2023-02-14 19:45:00 3 - 0 Portadown
Crusaders 2023-03-25 15:00:00 3 - 0 Carrick Rangers
Portadown 2023-03-18 15:00:00 2 - 2 Crusaders
Crusaders 2023-03-13 19:45:00 2 - 2 Cliftonville
Crusaders 2023-03-04 15:00:00 1 - 0 Glentoran
Ballymena United 2023-02-25 15:00:00 0 - 0 Crusaders
Crusaders 2023-02-18 15:00:00 2 - 0 Coleraine
Portadown 2023-03-04 00:00:00 1 - 3 Carrick Rangers
Portadown 2023-02-24 00:00:00 3 - 1 Dungannon Swifts
Portadown 2023-02-18 00:00:00 3 - 1 Glenavon
Portadown 2023-01-28 00:00:00 1 - 6 Linfield
Portadown 2023-01-02 00:00:00 0 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
Portadown 2022-12-10 00:00:00 1 - 0 Ballymena United
Ballymena United 2023-02-25 00:00:00 0 - 0 Crusaders
Glenavon 2023-02-14 00:00:00 2 - 2 Crusaders
Glentoran 2023-01-30 00:00:00 2 - 0 Crusaders
Larne 2023-01-21 00:00:00 0 - 0 Crusaders
Glenavon 2023-01-10 00:00:00 4 - 2 Crusaders
Carrick Rangers 2023-01-02 00:00:00 0 - 3 Crusaders
Goals scored 0.8
Goals conceded 2.2
Time first goal scored 29
Time first goal conceded 37
Yellow cards 2
Red cards 0
Subs used 3.3
Biggest victory 3-1
Biggest defeat 6-1
Goals scored 1.2
Goals conceded 1.5
Time first goal scored 35
Time first goal conceded 26
Yellow cards 2.5
Red cards 0.1
Subs used 3.4
Biggest victory 3-0
Biggest defeat 4-1
Paul McElroy 5
Jordan Jenkins 3
Gregory Moorhouse 3
Alan O'Sullivan 3
Josh Archer 2
Philip Lowry 16
Paul Heatley 9
Jordan Forsythe 8
Adam Lecky 7
Ross Clarke 4
Glentoran 2023-04-01 14:00:00 Portadown
Portadown 2023-04-07 18:45:00 Ballymena United
Portadown 2023-04-11 18:45:00 Newry City
Portadown 2023-04-15 14:00:00 Carrick Rangers
Dungannon Swifts 2023-04-22 14:00:00 Portadown
Glenavon 2023-04-29 16:30:00 Portadown
Crusaders 2023-03-25 15:00:00 Carrick Rangers
Dungannon Swifts 2023-04-01 14:00:00 Crusaders

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