Glentoran vs Crusaders Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Glentoran

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Glentoran will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-0 Premiership defeat last time out to Cliftonville.

Stephen Mallon (11') and Ronan Hale (58') scored for Cliftonville.

Declan Devine's Glentoran have managed to score 7 times in their preceding six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures amounts to 9.

Their past results show that Glentoran:

• haven't lost in the league to Crusaders in their previous 5 games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Crusaders

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Crusaders go into this meeting after a 0-2 Premiership win versus Coleraine in their most recent match.

For Crusaders, the goals were scored by Daniel Larmour (20') and Jordan Forsythe (44').

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Crusaders have helped themselves to a tally of 8 goals. Crusaders have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, they have seen 4 goals go against them. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

Taking a look at their past results, Crusaders:

• have not emerged victorious against Glentoran in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 30/01/2023 shows us that Glentoran have won 3 of these games and Crusaders 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for The Glens and 6 coming from The Hatchetmen. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Premiership match day 27 on 27/01/2024 when the final score was Crusaders 1-2 Glentoran.

The referee was Tim Marshall.

ℹ️ Team News: Glentoran

Daire O'Connor (Arm injury), David Fisher (Knock) and James Singleton (Knock) will be missing for Glentoran gaffer Declan Devine.

🗞️ Team News: Crusaders

Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Jimmy Callacher (Cruciate ligament tear) and Josh Robinson (Cruciate ligament injury) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Glentoran will most probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

In contrast, Crusaders may well find it hard getting goals but we can see them seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Glentoran come full-time.

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

Victor Martins, 13:11 25/04/2024