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Cliftonville 2-1 Crusaders - December 26, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Journée 23

Solitude - Belfast - Northern Ireland

December 26, 2023 - 15:00

2 - 1

Crusaders

Assist by Ben Wilson (header) Rory Hale

14'

(right foot) Ben Wilson

75'

48'

Lloyd Anderson (right foot) Assist by Billy Joe Burns

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14' - Goal Rory Hale14

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48' - Goal Lloyd Anderson

52' - Yellow card Billy Joe Burns

67' - Substitution Ronan Haleis substituted by Sam Ashford photo Chris Curran

67' - Substitution Ronan Dohertyis substituted by Chris Curran photo Sean Stewart

67' - Substitution Stephen Mallonis substituted by Sean Stewart67

75' - Goal Ben Wilson75

78' - Substitution Mal Smithis substituted by James Teelan

79' - Substitution Ben Wilsonis substituted by Joe Gormley79

81' - Yellow card Jarlath O'Rourke

85' - Substitution Rory Haleis substituted by Conor Pepper85

87' - Substitution Robbie Weiris substituted by Mikhail Kennedy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cliftonville

2 - 1

Crusaders

Cliftonville Crusaders

Team line-ups

Cliftonville

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

27Wilson7579

Ben Wilson

Northern Ireland

B.date05/12/2001

Age22 years

positionCentre forward

25Ronan Hale67

Ronan Hale

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

8Rory Hale1485

Rory Hale

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/11/1996

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

10Mallon67

Stephen Mallon

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/02/1999

Age24 years

positionLeft Midfielder

6Gallagher

Christopher Gallagher

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1999

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

17Doherty67

Ronan Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/01/1996

Age27 years

positionMidfield

26Kearney

Shea Kearney

Northern Ireland

B.date26/03/2004

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

24Turner

Luke Turner

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/05/2002

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

4Addis

Jonathan Addis

Northern Ireland

B.date27/09/1992

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

22Casey

Odhran Casey

Northern Ireland

B.date09/04/2002

Age21 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

23Odumosu

David Odumosu

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/03/2001

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	David Odumosu		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Luke Turner		21	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jonathan Addis		31	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Shea Kearney		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Odhran Casey		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Ronan Hale	67	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ronan Doherty	67	27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Rory Hale	1485	27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Stephen Mallon	67	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Christopher Gallagher		24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Ben Wilson	7579	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Owens

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age34 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

25Clarke

Ross Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

42Anderson48

Lloyd Anderson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1999

Age24 years

positionMidfield

15O'Rourke81

Jarlath O'Rourke

Northern Ireland

B.date13/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

14Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age32 years

positionRight Winger

6Weir87

Robbie Weir

Northern Ireland

B.date09/12/1988

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

21Smith78

Mal Smith

Northern Ireland

B.date08/04/2001

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

24Robinson

Josh Robinson

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1993

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

20Larmour

Daniel Larmour

Northern Ireland

B.date03/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Burns52

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	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Josh Robinson		30	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Daniel Larmour		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns	52	34	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Mal Smith	78	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jarlath O'Rourke	81	28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Robbie Weir	87	35	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Lloyd Anderson	48	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens		34	367	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Jordan Forsythe		32	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Ross Clarke		30	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Nathan Gartside		25
28	D	Stephen McGuinness		20
2	D	Conor Pepper	85	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Sean Stewart	67	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Sam Ashford	67	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Joe Gormley	79	34	337	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Chris Curran	67	32	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jordan Williamson		28
70	D	Karter Bond		17
35	M	Oscar McKenna		18
30	M	Bradley Maguire		18
17	F	Mikhail Kennedy	87	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	James Teelan	78	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
62	F	Jonathan James		17

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

Mal Smith

Jude Winchester

OUT

Jordan Owens

Paul Heatley

OUT

Billy Joe Burns

Adam Lecky

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Declan O'Hara

Jim Magilton

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

O'Hara vs Crusaders

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

O'Hara vs Baxter

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

825

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Cliftonville

30 victories

19 draws

28 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Baxter vs O'Hara

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Referee

Shane Andrews

10 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Cliftonville19 matches	General total	Crusaders20 matches	12 victories	4 draws	4 losses
2 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Cliftonville5 matches	Season total	Crusaders4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 27, 2024					Latest figure on April 16, 2024

4th official

Declan Hassan

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Cliftonville3 matches	General total	Crusaders3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Cliftonville3 matches	Season total	Crusaders3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 13, 2024					Latest figure on February 24, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Cliftonville has ended with the score 2-1 vs Crusaders at home, It was on the 22/10/2011

Christopher Gallagher played his game number 10 vs Crusaders in NIFL Premiership with Cliftonville

Cliftonville keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Crusaders running (since 13/03/2023). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/04/2011-26/12/2011 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

1	Linfield	55 pts	22 rd
2	Larne	54 pts	23 rd
3	Cliftonville	51 pts	23 rd
4	Crusaders	38 pts	22 rd
5	Glentoran	37 pts	23 rd

General ranking

2	Larne	54 pts	23 rd
3	Cliftonville	51 pts	23 rd
4	Crusaders	38 pts	22 rd
5	Glentoran	37 pts	23 rd
6	Coleraine	31 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCliftonville 5-0 Dungannon Swifts07/10/2023

LCliftonville 0-1 Linfield20/10/2023

VCliftonville 1-0 Newry City11/11/2023

VCliftonville 3-0 Crusaders25/11/2023

DCliftonville 2-2 Glentoran09/12/2023

VCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United23/12/2023

Overall

VCarrick Rangers 0-3 Cliftonville19/11/2023

VCliftonville 3-0 Crusaders25/11/2023

VDungannon Swifts 1-4 Cliftonville02/12/2023

DCliftonville 2-2 Glentoran09/12/2023

VLoughgall 1-4 Cliftonville16/12/2023

VCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United23/12/2023

Current form

Away

VDungannon Swifts 1-4 Crusaders21/10/2023

LPortadown 2-1 Crusaders07/11/2023

VLoughgall 1-2 Crusaders11/11/2023

LCliftonville 3-0 Crusaders25/11/2023

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Crusaders08/12/2023

VGlenavon 1-3 Crusaders23/12/2023

Overall

VLoughgall 1-2 Crusaders11/11/2023

LCliftonville 3-0 Crusaders25/11/2023

DCrusaders 1-1 Newry City02/12/2023

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Crusaders08/12/2023

LCrusaders 0-3 Larne15/12/2023

VGlenavon 1-3 Crusaders23/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	7
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	4
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
650	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	684
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
15	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	7
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.09
0.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.09

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ben Wilson	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ben Kennedy
Ben Wilson	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ben Kennedy
Ronan Doherty	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Ronan Doherty	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Rory Hale	9 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Ross Clarke
Rory Hale	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Ross Clarke
Ronan Hale	8 goals, 2 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	3 assists during the last match	Ross Clarke

Historical head to head

Home

109 matches

37 v

28 d

44 l

127 gf

152 ga

Away

101 matches

22 v

24 d

55 l

138 gf

223 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

212 matches

60 v

52 d

100 l

269 gf

376 ga

Historical head to head

Home

101 matches

55 v

24 d

22 l

223 gf

138 ga

Away

109 matches

44 v

28 d

37 l

152 gf

127 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

212 matches

100 v

52 d

60 l

376 gf

269 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 26, 1949
Home	4 - 0	February 15, 2014

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 05, 1966
Away	7 - 2	March 18, 1950

Latest head to head

November 25, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Cliftonville

3 - 0

Crusaders

September 18, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Crusaders

0 - 3

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

April 22, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Cliftonville

3 - 3

Crusaders

March 13, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

2 - 2

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

December 26, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

3 - 0

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Joe Gormley	10 goals	2012 - 2023
Ryan Curran	7 goals	2019 - 2023
Liam Boyce	5 goals	2012 - 2014
Rory Hale	4 goals	2021 - 2023
Chris Curran	4 goals	2014 - 2014
Jay Donnelly	3 goals	2015 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cliftonville

Jordan Owens	17 goals	2012 - 2020
Paul Heatley	15 goals	2013 - 2023
David Cushley	6 goals	2016 - 2021
Jordan Forsythe	5 goals	2015 - 2023
Colin Coates	5 goals	2013 - 2017
Gavin Whyte	4 goals	2016 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Chris Curran	36 matches	2013 - 2023
Joe Gormley	34 matches	2012 - 2023
Levi Ives	24 matches	2015 - 2022
Jamie McGovern	22 matches	2012 - 2019
Ryan Curran	19 matches	2018 - 2023
Ryan Catney	19 matches	2012 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cliftonville

Declan Caddell	39 matches	2012 - 2023
Paul Heatley	39 matches	2012 - 2023
Billy Joe Burns	34 matches	2014 - 2023
Jordan Owens	33 matches	2012 - 2022
Jordan Forsythe	29 matches	2015 - 2023
Sean O'Neill	27 matches	2012 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Martin Donnelly

195 matches

2 matches

2009 - 2017

Jude Winchester

121 matches

64 matches

2014 - 2023

Rory Hale

108 matches

38 matches

2019 - 2023

Diarmuid O'Carroll

58 matches

61 matches

2012 - 2016

Ronan Hale

53 matches

14 matches

2019 - 2023

Colin Coates

40 matches

220 matches

2009 - 2023

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Colin Coates

40 matches

220 matches

2009 - 2023

Jude Winchester

121 matches

64 matches

2014 - 2023

Diarmuid O'Carroll

58 matches

61 matches

2012 - 2016

Jonathan McMurray

12 matches

50 matches

2013 - 2023

Rory Hale

108 matches

38 matches

2019 - 2023

Gerard Doherty

2 matches

35 matches

2019 - 2023

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2023

Ballymena United

3 1

Coleraine

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Linfield	55	22	18	1	3	54	24	+30
2	Larne	54	23	16	6	1	47	15	+32
3	Cliftonville	51	23	16	3	4	53	14	+39
4	Crusaders	38	22	11	5	6	41	25	+16
5	Glentoran	37	23	11	4	8	42	26	+16
6	Coleraine	31	23	9	4	10	33	41	-8
7	Carrick Rangers	27	23	8	3	12	30	50	-20
8	Glenavon	26	23	8	2	13	28	42	-14
9	Loughgall	25	23	7	4	12	35	46	-11
10	Dungannon Swifts	18	23	4	6	13	34	49	-15
11	Ballymena United	15	23	4	3	16	14	41	-27
12	Newry City	12	23	3	3	17	17	55	-38

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Cliftonville 2-1 Crusaders - December 26, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Cliftonville

2 - 1

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

O'Hara vs Crusaders

O'Hara vs Baxter

Manager

Baxter vs Cliftonville

Baxter vs O'Hara

Referee

4th official

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 Cliftonville

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Cliftonville

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking