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Linfield 2-0 Crusaders - January 01, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

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Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016 - Round 23

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

January 01, 2016

2 - 0

Crusaders

Andy Waterworth

26'

Assist by David Kee (header) Jimmy Callacher

50'

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19' - Yellow card Gavin Whyte

21' - Yellow card Declan Caddell

26' - Goal Andy Waterworth26

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46' - Substitution Mark Haugheyis substituted by David Kee46

46' - Substitution David Magowanis substituted by Josh Robinson photo Matthew Snoddy

46' - Substitution Richard Clarkeis substituted by Matthew Snoddy

47' - Yellow card Jimmy Callacher47

48' - Yellow card Jamie Mulgrew48

50' - Goal Jimmy Callacher50

60' - Yellow card Mark Stafford60

69' - Yellow card David Kee69

72' - Substitution Jordan Owensis substituted by Diarmuid O'Carroll

83' - Substitution Aaron Burnsis substituted by Guy Bates83

88' - Yellow card Matthew Snoddy

91' - Substitution Paul Smythis substituted by Jonathan Frazer91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

2 - 0

Crusaders

Linfield Crusaders

Team line-ups

Linfield

19 Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Haughey46

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

2 Stafford60

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

6 Callacher5047

Jimmy Callacher

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1991

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

16 Clarke

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

15 Ward

Sean Ward

Northern Ireland

B.date10/01/1984

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

22 Mulgrew48

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age29 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

14 Burns83

Aaron Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1992

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

38 Smyth90+1

Paul Smyth

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1997

Age18 years

positionForward

12 Millar

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

7 Waterworth26

Andy Waterworth

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1986

Age29 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Ross Glendinning		22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey	46	24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Stafford	60	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jimmy Callacher	5047	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke		21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Sean Ward		31	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew	48	29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Aaron Burns	83	23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Paul Smyth	90+1	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Andy Waterworth	26	29	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

1 O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

6 Coates

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

5 Magowan46

David Magowan

Northern Ireland

B.date04/10/1983

Age32 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

17 McClean

Craig McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date06/07/1985

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

20 Clarke46

Richard Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date28/11/1985

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

12 Caddell21

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22 Heatley

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

18 Owens72

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

23 Whyte19

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age19 years

positionForward

14 Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Colin Coates		30	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	David Magowan	46	32	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Craig McClean		30	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Richard Clarke	46	30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Declan Caddell	21	27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Heatley		28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	72	26	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Gavin Whyte	19	19	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Jordan Forsythe		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	David Kee	4669	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Guy Bates	83	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Jonathan Frazer	90+1	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	D	Josh Robinson	46	22	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Diarmuid O'Carroll	72	28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Matthew Snoddy	4688	22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aaron Burns

Niall Quinn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Clarke

Matthew Snoddy

OUT

Declan Caddell

Michael Carvill

OUT

Paul Heatley

Josh Robinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Healy vs Crusaders

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2016

Healy vs Baxter

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

449

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Baxter vs Linfield

12 victories

9 draws

21 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2016

Baxter vs Healy

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2016

Referee

Andrew Davey

28 victories	14 draws	3 losses	Linfield45 matches	General total	Crusaders43 matches	19 victories	12 draws	12 losses
3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Linfield5 matches	Season total	Crusaders2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 06, 2023					Latest figure on March 26, 2022

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Key figures

Linfield keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Crusaders running (since 25/10/2014). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/10/2010-04/02/2012 time period (7 matches).

End of streak for Linfield after 8 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Crusaders (since 12/11/2013). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/08/2013 (7 matches)

End of streak for Linfield after 7 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Crusaders in NIFL Premiership (since 14/01/2014). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/08/2013 (6 matches)

Read the next 2 key stats

General ranking

	1	Crusaders	52 pts	22 rd
+1	2	Linfield	46 pts	23 rd
-1	3	Cliftonville	45 pts	22 rd
	4	Coleraine	45 pts	23 rd
	5	Glenavon	41 pts	22 rd

General ranking

	1	Crusaders	52 pts	22 rd
+1	2	Linfield	46 pts	23 rd
-1	3	Cliftonville	45 pts	22 rd
	4	Coleraine	45 pts	23 rd
	5	Glenavon	41 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLinfield 0-1 Ballinamallard United14/10/2015

DLinfield 1-1 Carrick Rangers24/10/2015

LLinfield 0-1 Crusaders07/11/2015

LLinfield 1-2 Cliftonville14/11/2015

VLinfield 1-0 Coleraine05/12/2015

DLinfield 1-1 Ballinamallard United12/12/2015

Overall

LGlenavon 3-2 Linfield21/11/2015

LPortadown 2-0 Linfield28/11/2015

VLinfield 1-0 Coleraine05/12/2015

DLinfield 1-1 Ballinamallard United12/12/2015

VBallymena United 1-3 Linfield19/12/2015

VGlentoran 1-2 Linfield26/12/2015

Current form

Away

VBallymena United 2-4 Crusaders03/10/2015

DBallinamallard United 1-1 Crusaders17/10/2015

VPortadown 1-3 Crusaders31/10/2015

VLinfield 0-1 Crusaders07/11/2015

VWarrenpoint Town 1-3 Crusaders21/11/2015

VDungannon Swifts 1-2 Crusaders05/12/2015

Overall

VCrusaders 3-0 Glentoran14/11/2015

VWarrenpoint Town 1-3 Crusaders21/11/2015

VCrusaders 3-2 Ballymena United28/11/2015

VDungannon Swifts 1-2 Crusaders05/12/2015

VCrusaders 3-1 Coleraine18/12/2015

DCrusaders 2-2 Cliftonville26/12/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	10
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	14	26
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	1
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
839	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	654
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
13	Victories (Competition total)	16
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.43
2.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.81
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Waterworth	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Paul Heatley
Andy Waterworth	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jordan Owens
Aaron Burns	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Billy Joe Burns
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Paul Heatley
Guy Bates	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Billy Joe Burns
Guy Bates	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Billy Joe Burns
Andy Waterworth	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	Billy Joe Burns

Historical head to head

Home

94 matches

51 v

27 d

16 l

195 gf

63 ga

Away

90 matches

50 v

16 d

24 l

195 gf

119 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

189 matches

105 v

43 d

41 l

399 gf

186 ga

Historical head to head

Home

90 matches

24 v

16 d

50 l

119 gf

195 ga

Away

94 matches

16 v

27 d

51 l

63 gf

195 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

189 matches

41 v

43 d

105 l

186 gf

399 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1962
Home	9 - 0	January 06, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 21, 1960
Away	2 - 0	December 26, 1984

Latest head to head

November 07, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Linfield

0 - 1

Crusaders

September 12, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Crusaders

3 - 0

Linfield

April 21, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Linfield

3 - 1

Crusaders

January 01, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Crusaders

2 - 1

Linfield

October 25, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Linfield

1 - 2

Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Andy Waterworth	6 goals	2014 - 2015
Michael Carvill	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Ivan Sproule	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Mark McAllister	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Billy Joe Burns	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Aaron Burns	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Jordan Owens	9 goals	2013 - 2015
Paul Heatley	5 goals	2014 - 2015
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Declan Caddell	2 goals	2012 - 2013
David Rainey	2 goals	2012 - 2013
Gavin Whyte	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Michael Carvill	12 matches	2012 - 2015
Jamie Mulgrew	12 matches	2012 - 2015
Andy Waterworth	9 matches	2013 - 2015
Aaron Burns	9 matches	2013 - 2015
Niall Quinn	9 matches	2012 - 2015
Sean Ward	9 matches	2013 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Jordan Owens	14 matches	2012 - 2015
Craig McClean	13 matches	2012 - 2015
Sean O'Neill	13 matches	2012 - 2015
Colin Coates	13 matches	2012 - 2015
Josh Robinson	12 matches	2012 - 2015
David Magowan	12 matches	2012 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Michael Carvill

116 matches

17 matches

2009 - 2015

Billy Joe Burns

85 matches

65 matches

2008 - 2015

Alan Dornan

11 matches

1 match

1986 - 1997

Nathan Hanley

7 matches

29 matches

2011 - 2015

Gary McCartney

5 matches

1 match

1982 - 1997

Mark Dickson

4 matches

2 matches

2006 - 2009

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Billy Joe Burns

85 matches

65 matches

2008 - 2015

Nathan Hanley

7 matches

29 matches

2011 - 2015

Michael Carvill

116 matches

17 matches

2009 - 2015

Ryan McCann

2 matches

4 matches

2004 - 2011

Mark Dickson

4 matches

2 matches

2006 - 2009

Chris Morgan

1 match

2 matches

1997 - 2000

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 01, 2016

Portadown

3 4

Ballymena United

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

February 02, 2016

Carrick Rangers

1 5

Glenavon

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	52	22	16	4	2	51	19	+32
+12	Linfield	46	23	14	4	5	49	25	+24
-13	Cliftonville	45	22	13	6	3	36	23	+13
4	Coleraine	45	23	14	3	6	34	24	+10
5	Glenavon	41	22	12	5	5	45	23	+22
6	Glentoran	33	23	9	6	8	31	31	0
7	Portadown	27	22	8	3	11	32	44	-12
8	Ballymena United	25	23	7	4	12	38	51	-13
+19	Dungannon Swifts	19	22	5	4	13	27	38	-11
-110	Ballinamallard United	17	23	4	5	14	24	38	-14
11	Carrick Rangers	15	19	3	6	10	20	34	-14
12	Warrenpoint Town	7	22	1	4	17	16	53	-37

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Linfield 2-0 Crusaders - January 01, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Linfield

2 - 0

Crusaders

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Healy vs Crusaders

Healy vs Baxter

Manager

Baxter vs Linfield

Baxter vs Healy

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Linfield

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking