Coleraine vs Crusaders Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Coleraine

DDDDWD 📈

Coleraine go into this match after a 2-2 Premiership drawn match vs Linfield.

For Coleraine, the scorers were Jamie McGonigle (44') and Matthew Shevlin (97'). Matthew Fitzpatrick (52') and Chris Shields (58') scored for Linfield.

Coleraine have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Coleraine have seen their goal breached in 5 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will be maintained in this upcoming match or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Coleraine:

• have not been beaten in the league by Crusaders in their last 2 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

Crusaders

WDWWLW

Crusaders come into this game following a 2-1 Premiership win over Cliftonville in their last outing.

For Crusaders, goals were scored by Jordan Forsythe (18') and Stewart Nixon (66'). Joe Gormley (51') scored for Cliftonville.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Crusaders have amassed the sum of 10 goals. Crusaders have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have had 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Coming into this fixture, Crusaders have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 09/12/2022 tells us that Coleraine have won 2 of these games and Crusaders 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 for The Bannsiders and 10 for The Hatchetmen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Premiership match day 32 on 16/03/2024 and the score finished Crusaders 1-1 Coleraine.

The referee was Evan Boyce.

ℹ️ Team News: Coleraine

Adam Mullan (Fitness), Stephen O'Donnell (Knock) and Rodney Brown (Knock) are unavailable for Coleraine gaffer Oran Kearney. Stephen Lowry cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Crusaders

Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter has some current player fitness concerns. Jimmy Callacher (Cruciate ligament tear) and Josh Robinson (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that Crusaders will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, Coleraine will be up against it to make a breakthrough but we can see them hitting back at some stage, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 1-3 victory for Crusaders by the conclusion of the game.

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

Andre Moura, 06:10 20/04/2024