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Crusaders 1-2 Linfield - April 12, 2024 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 35

Seaview - Belfast - Northern Ireland

April 12, 2024 - 19:45

Crusaders

1 - 2

Linfield

Assist by Jordan Forsythe (header) Jordan Owens

56'

32'

Joel Cooper

90+3'

Jonathan Tuffey (o.g)

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28' - Yellow card Philip Lowry28

32' - Goal Joel Cooper

38' - Yellow card Daniel Larmour38

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48' - Yellow card Joel Cooper

52' - Yellow card Jordan Owens52

53' - Yellow card Ben Hall

56' - Goal Jordan Owens56

58' - Yellow card Ben Kennedy58

66' - Yellow card Matthew Fitzpatrick

74' - Substitution Matthew Fitzpatrickis substituted by Chris McKee

78' - Yellow card Robbie Weir78

80' - Substitution Jordan Owensis substituted by Jay Boyd80

81' - Yellow card Jamie Mulgrew

83' - Substitution Kirk Millaris substituted by Darragh McBrien

86' - Yellow card Jarlath O'Rourke86

86' - Substitution Matthew Clarkeis substituted by Braiden Graham

90' - Substitution Jude Winchesteris substituted by Bradley Maguire90

93' - Own goal Jonathan Tuffey

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

1 - 2

Linfield

Crusaders Linfield

Team line-ups

Crusaders

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Owens568052

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age34 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

27Nixon

Stewart Nixon

Northern Ireland

B.date08/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

8Kennedy58

Ben Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date12/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

14Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age33 years

positionRight Winger

7Lowry28

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age34 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

19Winchester90

Jude Winchester

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1993

Age30 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

15O'Rourke86

Jarlath O'Rourke

Northern Ireland

B.date13/02/1995

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

6Weir78

Robbie Weir

Northern Ireland

B.date09/12/1988

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

20Larmour38

Daniel Larmour

Northern Ireland

B.date03/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

33Tuffey93

Jonathan Tuffey

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1987

Age37 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Jonathan Tuffey	93	37	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		34	358	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Daniel Larmour	38	25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jarlath O'Rourke	86	29	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Robbie Weir	78	35	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jude Winchester	90	30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Philip Lowry	28	34	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	568052	34	376	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Jordan Forsythe		33	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Kennedy	58	27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Stewart Nixon		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

31.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

178

Linfield

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

29Fitzpatrick7466

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Northern Ireland

B.date02/09/1994

Age29 years

positionCentre forward

9Cooper3248

Joel Cooper

Northern Ireland

B.date29/02/1996

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

7Millar83

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

16Clarke86

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

22Mulgrew81

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age37 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

8McClean

Kyle McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date03/10/1998

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

27McGee

Ethan McGee

Northern Ireland

B.date23/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

2Finlayson

Daniel Finlayson

Northern Ireland

B.date19/01/2001

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

15Hall53

Ben Hall

Northern Ireland

B.date16/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5Shields

Chris Shields

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/12/1990

Age33 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

1Johns

Christopher Johns

Northern Ireland

B.date13/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Christopher Johns		28	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ben Hall	53	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Matthew Clarke	86	30	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Daniel Finlayson		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Ethan McGee		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Chris Shields		33	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Joel Cooper	3248	28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew	81	37	429	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kyle McClean		25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Matthew Fitzpatrick	7466	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kirk Millar	83	31	352	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

170

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
41	G	Ryan Kerr		18
3	D	Kevin Joshua		22
30	M	Bradley Maguire	90	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Heatley		36
28	F	Jay Boyd	80	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Ryan Donnelly		16
62	F	Jonathan James		17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
51	G	David Walsh		21
12	F	Darragh McBrien	83	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
64	F	Braiden Graham	86	16	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Chris McKee	74	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Dane McCullough		20
60	F	Aodhan Doherty		17
36	F	Rhys Annett		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jordan Owens

Ross Clarke

OUT

Stewart Nixon

Adam Lecky

OUT

Jude Winchester

Lewis Barr

OUT

Philip Lowry

Jay Boyd

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Shields

Michael Newberry

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

839

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Linfield

23 victories

15 draws

39 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 2024

Baxter vs Healy

12 victories

6 draws

19 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

418

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Healy vs Crusaders

19 victories

6 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 2024

Healy vs Baxter

19 victories

6 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 12, 2024

Referee

Ben Mcmaster

4 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Crusaders6 matches	General total	Linfield4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Crusaders4 matches	Season total	Linfield3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 12, 2024					Latest figure on April 12, 2024

4th official

Shane Andrews

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crusaders2 matches	General total	Linfield4 matches	3 victories	1 draw	0 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Crusaders2 matches	Season total	Linfield4 matches	3 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 12, 2024					Latest figure on April 12, 2024

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Key figures

Kyle McClean played his game number 10 vs Crusaders in NIFL Premiership

No Crusaders manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Stephen Baxter has done less than 25% of losses .

Robbie Weir played his game number 10 vs Linfield in his professional career with Crusaders

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCrusaders 0-1 Linfield02/01/2024

DCrusaders 0-0 Ards06/01/2024

LCrusaders 0-2 Larne12/01/2024

LCrusaders 1-2 Glentoran27/01/2024

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon24/02/2024

DCrusaders 1-1 Coleraine16/03/2024

Overall

VLoughgall 0-1 Crusaders17/02/2024

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon24/02/2024

VBallymena United 2-4 Crusaders09/03/2024

DCrusaders 1-1 Coleraine16/03/2024

VNewry City 0-1 Crusaders23/03/2024

VLarne 0-1 Crusaders06/04/2024

Current form

Away

LColeraine 3-0 Linfield16/02/2024

VCliftonville 0-3 Linfield20/02/2024

VDrumahoe Institute 1-3 Linfield03/03/2024

VGlentoran 1-3 Linfield29/03/2024

VCarrick Rangers 2-3 Linfield02/04/2024

DGlentoran 0-0 Linfield06/04/2024

Overall

VDrumahoe Institute 1-3 Linfield03/03/2024

VLinfield 3-1 Portadown10/03/2024

VLinfield 6-0 Newry City16/03/2024

VGlentoran 1-3 Linfield29/03/2024

VCarrick Rangers 2-3 Linfield02/04/2024

DGlentoran 0-0 Linfield06/04/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	2
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
738	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	656
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
17	Victories (Competition total)	25
6	Victories (Home / Away)	12
7	Draws (Competition total)	4
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	5
6	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	76
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	29
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.65	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.24
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.61
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.03
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

60	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
34	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ben Kennedy	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Joel Cooper
Paul Heatley	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Chris McKee
Jordan Forsythe	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Chris Shields
Jordan Forsythe	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Chris Shields
Ross Clarke	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Kirk Millar
Philip Lowry	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Kyle McClean
Ben Kennedy	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 9 matches	Kyle McClean

Historical head to head

Home

107 matches

32 v

17 d

58 l

138 gf

212 ga

Away

111 matches

18 v

32 d

61 l

76 gf

223 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

6 gf

10 ga

Total

224 matches

52 v

49 d

123 l

220 gf

445 ga

Historical head to head

Home

111 matches

61 v

32 d

18 l

223 gf

76 ga

Away

107 matches

58 v

17 d

32 l

212 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

10 gf

6 ga

Total

224 matches

123 v

49 d

52 l

445 gf

220 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 21, 1960
Home	5 - 1	April 21, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1962
Away	8 - 1	December 05, 1964

Latest head to head

January 20, 2024 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Linfield

1 - 0

Crusaders

January 02, 2024 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Crusaders

0 - 1

Linfield

September 26, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Linfield

2 - 0

Crusaders

April 07, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Linfield

0 - 0

Crusaders

January 24, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

2 - 0

Linfield

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
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013

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 Crusaders

Andy Waterworth	10 goals	2014 - 2020
Jimmy Callacher	6 goals	2016 - 2022
Joel Cooper	6 goals	2018 - 2023
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.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Paul Heatley	40 matches	2012 - 2024
Declan Caddell	35 matches	2012 - 2023
Jordan Owens	34 matches	2012 - 2024
Billy Joe Burns	33 matches	2014 - 2024
Jordan Forsythe	30 matches	2015 - 2024
Philip Lowry	24 matches	2016 - 2024

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	37 matches	2012 - 2024
Jimmy Callacher	31 matches	2014 - 2023
Kirk Millar	30 matches	2015 - 2024
Andy Waterworth	29 matches	2013 - 2021
Matthew Clarke	29 matches	2013 - 2024
Niall Quinn	28 matches	2012 - 2022