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Crusaders FC

Vs

Linfield

Since 16/09/2022

CF wins

Draws

LIN wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

9 Crusader… · 23 Linfield

Goals per game

2.13

both sides combined

Over 1.5

60%

of meetings

Over 2.5

40%

of meetings

BTTS

33%

of meetings

Last meeting

0-1

24 Jan 2026

Next game

19 Sep

Saturday, Northern-Ireland - Premi

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Linfield vs Crusaders FC

Saturday 19 September 2026 · Northern-Ireland - Premiership

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01Head-to-head record⚖

Crusaders FC

Linfield

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 15 games between these two clubs

13%

win %

73%

2.13

avg goals

2.13

60%

over 1.5 %

60%

40%

over 2.5 %

40%

20%

over 3.5 %

20%

0.60

scored

1.53

conceded

0.60

33%

btts

33%

20%

clean sheet

60%

Top three rows are this fixture: 15 meetings, 2 to Crusaders FC, 2 drawn, 11 to Linfield, at 2.13 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Crusaders FC

Won at home

29%

2 of 7 home meetings

Won away

0 of 8 away meetings

Drawn

13%

2 of 15 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Linfield

Won at home

75%

6 of 8 home meetings

Won away

71%

5 of 7 away meetings

Drawn

13%

2 of 15 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Crusaders…
24 Jan 2026	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	0-1	Linfield	L	view
13 Dec 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	4-0	Crusaders FC	L	view
25 Nov 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	1-0	Crusaders FC	L	view
01 Apr 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	3-1	Crusaders FC	L	view
07 Mar 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	0-2	Linfield	L	view
28 Jan 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-1	Crusaders FC	L	view
12 Oct 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	2-3	Linfield	L	view
12 Apr 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	1-2	Linfield	L	view
20 Jan 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	1-0	Crusaders FC	L	view
02 Jan 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	0-1	Linfield	L	view
26 Sep 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-0	Crusaders FC	L	view
07 Apr 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	0-0	Crusaders FC	D	view
24 Jan 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	2-0	Linfield	W	view
26 Nov 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	0-0	Crusaders FC	D	view
16 Sep 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Crusaders FC	2-1	Linfield	W	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Crusaders FC · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.4

Avg scored

2.1

Avg conceded

1.3

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.27	2.13	1.38	1.75	1.14	2.57
vs Stronger (7)	0.86	2.14	0.75	2.00	1.00	2.33
vs Similar (23)	1.39	2.13	1.58	1.67	1.18	2.64
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	13% (-16pp vs league)

Linfield · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.7

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

1.4

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.67	1.00	1.94	1.00	1.31	1.00
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (13)	0.62	1.23	0.62	1.12	0.60	1.40
vs Weaker (17)	2.47	0.82	3.11	0.89	1.75	0.75
Clean sheet %	37% (+7pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Crusaders FC

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Last 10: 21 scored, 13 conceded.

Linfield

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Last 10: 13 scored, 14 conceded.

Crusaders FC

Home · last 10

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4 won · 18 scored, 18 conceded

Away · last 10

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3 won · 12 scored, 28 conceded

Linfield

Home · last 10

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6 won · 17 scored, 13 conceded

Away · last 10

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5 won · 15 scored, 8 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Crusaders FC

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored100% / 0%

Conceded60% / 40%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 15 meetings have goal timings on record. See Crusaders FC's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Linfield

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored60% / 40%

Conceded100% / 0%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 15 meetings have goal timings on record. See Linfield's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Coleraine FC	4	10	75%	2.5	8	1	+7	2.2	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	2.0	0.2	-
2	Carrick Rangers	4	9	75%	2.2	7	3	+4	2.5	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.8	0.8	-
3	Dungannon Swifts	4	9	75%	2.2	6	3	+3	2.2	75%	25%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	0	1	1	1.5	0.8	-
4	Crusaders FC	4	9	75%	2.2	8	6	+2	3.5	100%	100%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	2.0	1.5	-
5	Linfield	4	9	75%	2.2	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
6	Glentoran	4	6	50%	1.5	6	4	+2	2.5	100%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	1.5	1.0	-
7	Cliftonville FC	4	6	50%	1.5	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
8	Ballymena United	3	3	33%	1.0	4	4	+0	2.7	100%	67%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.3	1.3	-
9	Larne	1	1	0%	1.0	0	0	+0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	4	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	-
10	Limavady United	3	0	0%	0.0	1	6	-5	2.3	100%	33%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	0	0	0	0	0.3	2.0	-
11	Portadown	4	0	0%	0.0	2	8	-6	2.5	50%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	0.5	2.0	-
12	Bangor	3	0	0%	0.0	0	9	-9	3.0	100%	67%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	0.0	3.0	-

Northern-Ireland - Premiership 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Northern-Ireland - Premiership stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

Crusaders FCLinfield

€1.5m

squad value

€2.4m

€2.6m

attack

€2.9m

€0.6m

midfield

€2.3m

€2.9m

defence

€4.5m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Linfield carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Crusaders FC

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
07 Apr	vs Bangor	1-1	D
11 Apr	vs Portadown	4-0	W
18 Apr	@ Glenavon FC	1-0	W
25 Apr	vs Ballymena United	3-2	W
28 Apr	@ Annagh United	3-2	W
01 May	vs Annagh United	1-2	L
07 Aug	@ Cliftonville FC	1-2	L
15 Aug	vs Ballymena United	2-1	W
22 Aug	vs Portadown	3-2	W
29 Aug	@ Glentoran	2-1	W

Linfield

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
28 Mar	@ Glentoran	1-1	D
07 Apr	@ Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
11 Apr	vs Larne	0-2	L
18 Apr	vs Coleraine FC	0-3	L
25 Apr	vs Cliftonville FC	1-2	L
12 May	vs Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
08 Aug	vs Ballymena United	0-3	L
15 Aug	vs Glentoran	2-1	W
21 Aug	vs Cliftonville FC	1-0	W
29 Aug	@ Limavady United	2-0	W