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Linfield 2-0 Crusaders - September 26, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 7

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

September 26, 2023

Linfield

2 - 0

Crusaders

Joel Cooper

10'

Assist by Joel Cooper (header) Matthew Fitzpatrick

23'

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10' - Goal Joel Cooper10

23' - Goal Matthew Fitzpatrick23

36' - Substitution Stephen Fallonis substituted by Kirk Millar36

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46' - Substitution Billy Joe Burnsis substituted by Adam Lecky

47' - Yellow card Ross Clarke

61' - Yellow card Robbie Weir photo Philip Lowry

61' - Yellow card Philip Lowry

62' - Yellow card Matthew Clarke62

65' - Yellow card Euan East65

72' - Yellow card Joel Cooper72

77' - Substitution Chris McKeeis substituted by Darragh McBrien77

77' - Substitution Paul Heatleyis substituted by James Teelan photo Josh Robinson

77' - Substitution Ross Clarkeis substituted by Josh Robinson

78' - Yellow card Jarlath O'Rourke

83' - Yellow card Adam Lecky

91' - Substitution Matthew Fitzpatrickis substituted by John Robertson91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

2 - 0

Crusaders

Linfield Crusaders

Team line-ups

Linfield

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17McKee77

Chris McKee

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/2002

Age21 years

positionCentre forward

29Fitzpatrick2390+1

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Northern Ireland

B.date02/09/1994

Age29 years

positionCentre forward

9Cooper1072

Joel Cooper

Northern Ireland

B.date29/02/1996

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

5Shields

Chris Shields

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/12/1990

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

8McClean

Kyle McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date03/10/1998

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

20Fallon36

Stephen Fallon

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1997

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

16Clarke62

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

3East65

Euan East

Scotland

B.date05/07/2000

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

15Hall

Ben Hall

Northern Ireland

B.date16/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Finlayson

Daniel Finlayson

Northern Ireland

B.date19/01/2001

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

1Johns

Christopher Johns

Northern Ireland

B.date13/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Christopher Johns		28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ben Hall		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Daniel Finlayson		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke	62	29	315	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Stephen Fallon	36	26	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Joel Cooper	1072	27	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kyle McClean		24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Chris Shields		32	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Matthew Fitzpatrick	2390+1	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Chris McKee	77	21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Euan East	65	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

Crusaders

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Heatley77

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age36 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Ben Kennedy

Ben Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date12/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

25Clarke7747

Ross Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

6Weir61

Robbie Weir

Northern Ireland

B.date09/12/1988

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

42Anderson

Lloyd Anderson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1999

Age24 years

positionMidfield

7Lowry61

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age34 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

15O'Rourke78

Jarlath O'Rourke

Northern Ireland

B.date13/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

23McKeown

Rory McKeown

Northern Ireland

B.date08/04/1993

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

20Larmour

Daniel Larmour

Northern Ireland

B.date03/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Burns46

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

33Tuffey

Jonathan Tuffey

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1987

Age36 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Jonathan Tuffey		36	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns	46	34	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Daniel Larmour		25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rory McKeown		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jarlath O'Rourke	78	28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Lloyd Anderson		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Robbie Weir	61	34	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Paul Heatley	77	36	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Philip Lowry	61	34	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Ross Clarke	7747	30	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Ben Kennedy		26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

146

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
51	G	David Walsh		21
4	D	Michael Newberry		25
37	D	Ryan McKay		18
53	M	Joshua Archer		20
7	F	Kirk Millar	36	31	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Darragh McBrien	77	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	John Robertson	90+1	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jordan Williamson		28
24	D	Josh Robinson	77	30	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Mal Smith		22
9	F	Adam Lecky	4683	32	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	James Teelan	77	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
62	F	Jonathan James		17
17	F	Mikhail Kennedy		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ben Kennedy

Adam Lecky

OUT

Rory McKeown

Mal Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

383

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Healy vs Crusaders

16 victories

6 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2023

Healy vs Baxter

16 victories

6 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

810

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Linfield

23 victories

15 draws

36 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2023

Baxter vs Healy

12 victories

6 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2023

Referee

Lee Tavinder

17 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Linfield22 matches	General total	Crusaders25 matches	22 victories	0 draw	3 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Linfield4 matches	Season total	Crusaders3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 20, 2024					Latest figure on April 20, 2024

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Comments

Key figures

Stephen Baxter has registered 150 loss in NIFL Premiership since the 01/07/2005 as the manager of Crusaders next after this match..

No Crusaders manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Stephen Baxter has reached 56% of wins .

The last time Linfield has ended with the score 2-0 vs Crusaders, It was on the 28/08/2021

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

	1	Linfield	22 pts	9 rd
+3	2	Cliftonville	19 pts	9 rd
-1	3	Larne	18 pts	9 rd
-1	4	Crusaders	17 pts	9 rd
-1	5	Glentoran	17 pts	9 rd

General ranking

+3	2	Cliftonville	19 pts	9 rd
-1	3	Larne	18 pts	9 rd
-1	4	Crusaders	17 pts	9 rd
-1	5	Glentoran	17 pts	9 rd
+1	6	Loughgall	14 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLinfield 1-1 Glentoran12/04/2023

VLinfield 3-1 Vllaznia Shkoder13/07/2023

LLinfield 2-5 Pogon Szczecin27/07/2023

VLinfield 4-2 Glenavon15/08/2023

VLinfield 2-1 Cliftonville22/08/2023

DLinfield 3-3 Carrick Rangers26/08/2023

Overall

VBallymena United 0-1 Linfield18/08/2023

VLinfield 2-1 Cliftonville22/08/2023

DLinfield 3-3 Carrick Rangers26/08/2023

VColeraine 1-3 Linfield02/09/2023

LLarne 2-0 Linfield15/09/2023

VLoughgall 0-2 Linfield23/09/2023

Current form

Away

VBallymena United 0-4 Crusaders07/05/2023

DFC Haka 2-2 Crusaders13/07/2023

LRosenborg 3-2 Crusaders03/08/2023

VBallymena United 1-2 Crusaders11/08/2023

VNewry City 0-4 Crusaders26/08/2023

DGlentoran 2-2 Crusaders29/08/2023

Overall

VCrusaders 9-0 Carrick Rangers22/08/2023

VNewry City 0-4 Crusaders26/08/2023

DGlentoran 2-2 Crusaders29/08/2023

DCrusaders 1-1 Loughgall02/09/2023

LCrusaders 0-3 Cliftonville18/09/2023

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon23/09/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
576	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	664
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.75
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Chris McKee	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Ben Kennedy
Chris Shields	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Adam Lecky
Chris Shields	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Chris Shields	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Joel Cooper	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ben Kennedy
Kirk Millar	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ben Kennedy
Jack Scott	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	Paul Heatley

Historical head to head

Home

109 matches

59 v

32 d

18 l

220 gf

76 ga

Away

106 matches

57 v

17 d

32 l

211 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

10 gf

6 ga

Total

221 matches

120 v

49 d

52 l

441 gf

220 ga

Historical head to head

Home

106 matches

32 v

17 d

57 l

138 gf

211 ga

Away

109 matches

18 v

32 d

59 l

76 gf

220 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

6 gf

10 ga

Total

221 matches

52 v

49 d

120 l

220 gf

441 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 21, 1960
Away	5 - 2	October 23, 2017

Latest head to head

April 07, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Linfield

0 - 0

Crusaders

January 24, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

2 - 0

Linfield

November 26, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Linfield

0 - 0

Crusaders

September 16, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

2 - 1

Linfield

April 19, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2021/2022

Crusaders

1 - 2

Linfield

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Andy Waterworth	10 goals	2014 - 2020
Jimmy Callacher	6 goals	2016 - 2022
Joel Cooper	5 goals	2018 - 2022
Aaron Burns	4 goals	2014 - 2017
Christy Manzinga	3 goals	2021 - 2021
Mark Stafford	3 goals	2017 - 2021

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	12 goals	2013 - 2018
Paul Heatley	8 goals	2014 - 2021
Jordan Forsythe	5 goals	2016 - 2023
Philip Lowry	5 goals	2017 - 2023
Gavin Whyte	4 goals	2014 - 2017
Declan Caddell	3 goals	2012 - 2019

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

Jamie Mulgrew	35 matches	2012 - 2023
Jimmy Callacher	31 matches	2014 - 2023
Andy Waterworth	29 matches	2013 - 2021
Niall Quinn	28 matches	2012 - 2022
Kirk Millar	27 matches	2015 - 2023
Matthew Clarke	26 matches	2013 - 2023

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Players with most games played vs Linfield

Paul Heatley	38 matches	2012 - 2023
Declan Caddell	35 matches	2012 - 2023
Jordan Owens	33 matches	2012 - 2022
Billy Joe Burns	30 matches	2014 - 2023
Jordan Forsythe	28 matches	2015 - 2023
Colin Coates	24 matches	2012 - 2019

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They played in both sides

Jimmy Callacher

302 matches

5 matches

2014 - 2023

Sean Ward

123 matches

74 matches

2013 - 2019

Michael Carvill

116 matches

105 matches

2009 - 2019

Billy Joe Burns

85 matches

335 matches

2008 - 2023

Jonathan Tuffey

67 matches

101 matches

2013 - 2023

Ross Clarke

67 matches

160 matches

2012 - 2023

Total : 28 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

335 matches

2008 - 2023

Philip Lowry

60 matches

227 matches

2009 - 2023

Josh Robinson

59 matches

184 matches

2012 - 2023

Ross Clarke

67 matches

160 matches

2012 - 2023

Michael Carvill

116 matches

105 matches

2009 - 2019

Jonathan Tuffey

67 matches

101 matches

2013 - 2023

Total : 28 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

September 09, 2023

Carrick Rangers

0 1

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September 26, 2023

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Linfield	22	9	7	1	1	20	11	+9
+32	Cliftonville	19	9	6	1	2	22	4	+18
-13	Larne	18	9	5	3	1	20	8	+12
-14	Crusaders	17	9	5	2	2	22	9	+13
-15	Glentoran	17	9	5	2	2	13	8	+5
+16	Loughgall	14	9	4	2	3	13	10	+3
-17	Coleraine	14	9	4	2	3	12	16	-4
8	Dungannon Swifts	7	9	1	4	4	15	18	-3
9	Glenavon	7	9	2	1	6	9	19	-10
10	Newry City	7	9	2	1	6	10	24	-14
11	Carrick Rangers	7	9	2	1	6	9	26	-17
12	Ballymena United	3	9	1	0	8	4	16	-12

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Linfield 2-0 Crusaders - September 26, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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