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Crusaders 2-1 Linfield - September 12, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018 - Round 5

Seaview - Belfast - Northern Ireland

September 12, 2017

2 - 1

Linfield

Assist by Paul HeatleyJordan Forsythe

25'

Paul Heatley

34'

71'

Mark Stafford (header) Assist by Aaron Burns

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25' - Goal Jordan Forsythe25

34' - Goal Paul Heatley34

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62' - Substitution Declan Caddellis substituted by Matthew Snoddy62

62' - Substitution Andrew Mitchellis substituted by Kirk Millar photo Brandon Adams

62' - Substitution Louis Rooneyis substituted by Brandon Adams

71' - Goal Mark Stafford

76' - Substitution Michael Carvillis substituted by Gavin Whyte76

83' - Substitution Matthew Clarkeis substituted by Jordan Stewart

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

2 - 1

Linfield

Crusaders Linfield

Team line-ups

Crusaders

1 Jensen

Brian Jensen

Denmark

B.date08/06/1975

Age42 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

5 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

4 Coates

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

3 Brown

Rodney Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date13/08/1995

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

6 Ward

Sean Ward

Northern Ireland

B.date10/01/1984

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

7 Caddell62

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

8 Lowry

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age28 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Heatley34

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

10 Carvill76

Michael Carvill

Northern Ireland

B.date03/04/1988

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

12 Forsythe25

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

11 Owens

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brian Jensen		42	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Billy Joe Burns		28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Colin Coates		31	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Rodney Brown		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Sean Ward		33	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Declan Caddell	62	29	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Philip Lowry		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Paul Heatley	34	30	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Carvill	76	29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Jordan Forsythe	25	26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jordan Owens		28	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Linfield

1 Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age39 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

18 Casement

Chris Casement

Northern Ireland

B.date12/01/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Haughey

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

2 Stafford71

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

16 Clarke83

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

27 Mitchell62

Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland

B.date06/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

31 Quinn

Niall Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1993

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

8 Lowry

Stephen Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date14/10/1986

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

22 Mulgrew

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

23 Rooney62

Louis Rooney

Northern Ireland

B.date28/09/1996

Age20 years

H1m80

positionForward

14 Burns

Aaron Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1992

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roy Carroll		39	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Chris Casement		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey		26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Stafford	71	30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke	83	23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Andrew Mitchell	62	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Niall Quinn		24	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Lowry		30	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew		31	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Louis Rooney	62	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Aaron Burns		25	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	M		Matthew Snoddy	62	24	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F		Gavin Whyte	76	21	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	M	Jordan Stewart	83	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Brandon Adams	62	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar	62	25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Colin Coates

Howard Beverland

OUT

Declan Caddell

Gavin Whyte

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Louis Rooney

Kirk Millar

OUT

Matthew Clarke

Jordan Stewart

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

526

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Linfield

14 victories

11 draws

24 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 2017

Baxter vs Healy

3 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

Healy vs Crusaders

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 2017

Healy vs Baxter

4 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 2017

Referee

Andrew Davey

19 victories	12 draws	12 losses	Crusaders43 matches	General total	Linfield45 matches	28 victories	14 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Crusaders1 match	Season total	Linfield6 matches	4 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 26, 2022					Latest figure on October 06, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Mark Stafford scores a goal in NIFL Premiership with Linfield since the 21/01/2017 (with Linfield vs Ballymena United )

Crusaders keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Linfield running (since 31/12/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/11/2013-21/04/2015 time period (7 matches).

Mark Stafford played his game number 50 in NIFL Premiership with Linfield

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

	1	Coleraine	18 pts	6 rd
+2	2	Crusaders	15 pts	6 rd
-1	3	Linfield	15 pts	6 rd
-1	4	Glenavon	13 pts	6 rd
	5	Glentoran	11 pts	6 rd

General ranking

	1	Coleraine	18 pts	6 rd
+2	2	Crusaders	15 pts	6 rd
-1	3	Linfield	15 pts	6 rd
-1	4	Glenavon	13 pts	6 rd
	5	Glentoran	11 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrusaders 6-1 Glenavon29/04/2017

VCrusaders 3-1 Liepaja29/06/2017

VCrusaders 5-0 Warrenpoint Town15/08/2017

LCrusaders 1-2 Coleraine19/08/2017

VCrusaders 2-1 Dundela29/08/2017

VCrusaders 3-2 Motherwell B02/09/2017

Overall

VCrusaders 5-0 Warrenpoint Town15/08/2017

LCrusaders 1-2 Coleraine19/08/2017

VCliftonville 1-2 Crusaders26/08/2017

VCrusaders 2-1 Dundela29/08/2017

VCrusaders 3-2 Motherwell B02/09/2017

VBallinamallard United 1-5 Crusaders09/09/2017

Current form

Away

VColeraine 0-3 Linfield06/05/2017

DLa Fiorita 0-0 Linfield04/07/2017

LCeltic Glasgow 4-0 Linfield19/07/2017

VArds 0-2 Linfield15/08/2017

VDungannon Swifts 0-4 Linfield19/08/2017

VSpartans Edinburgh 1-2 Linfield02/09/2017

Overall

VArds 0-2 Linfield15/08/2017

VDungannon Swifts 0-4 Linfield19/08/2017

VLinfield 1-0 Ballymena United26/08/2017

VLinfield 6-0 Lisburn Distillery29/08/2017

VSpartans Edinburgh 1-2 Linfield02/09/2017

VLinfield 1-0 Glentoran09/09/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	16	18
Scoring streak	9	7
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	2
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
776	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	650
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Paul Heatley	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Kirk Millar
Jordan Forsythe	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Mark Haughey
Gavin Whyte	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Andrew Mitchell
Gavin Whyte	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Andrew Mitchell
Jordan Owens	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Niall Quinn
Billy Joe Burns	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Kirk Millar
Paul Heatley	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Aaron Burns

Historical head to head

Home

94 matches

25 v

17 d

52 l

122 gf

199 ga

Away

97 matches

16 v

28 d

53 l

63 gf

198 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

196 matches

42 v

45 d

109 l

189 gf

406 ga

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

53 v

28 d

16 l

198 gf

63 ga

Away

94 matches

52 v

17 d

25 l

199 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

196 matches

109 v

45 d

42 l

406 gf

189 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

April 08, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

1 - 0

Crusaders

March 04, 2017 - Irish Cup 2016/2017

Crusaders

0 - 2

Linfield

December 31, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Crusaders

1 - 2

Linfield

October 29, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

0 - 0

Crusaders

August 13, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Crusaders

0 - 0

Linfield

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Jordan Owens	10 goals	2013 - 2016
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	2 goals	2014 - 2016

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	8 goals	2014 - 2016
Aaron Burns	3 goals	2014 - 2017
Michael Carvill	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Billy Joe Burns	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Jimmy Callacher	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Brian McCaul	1 goal	2012 - 2012

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

Sean O'Neill	19 matches	2012 - 2017
Jordan Owens	19 matches	2012 - 2016
Craig McClean	18 matches	2012 - 2017
Paul Heatley	18 matches	2012 - 2017
Declan Caddell	17 matches	2012 - 2017
Colin Coates	17 matches	2012 - 2016

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	17 matches	2012 - 2017
Andy Waterworth	15 matches	2013 - 2017
Mark Haughey	14 matches	2014 - 2017
Sean Ward	14 matches	2013 - 2017
Aaron Burns	13 matches	2013 - 2017
Niall Quinn	12 matches	2012 - 2017

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

Josh Robinson

133 matches

2 matches

2012 - 2017

Billy Joe Burns

128 matches

85 matches

2008 - 2017

Michael Carvill

71 matches

116 matches

2009 - 2017

Andrew Mitchell

45 matches

7 matches

2015 - 2017

Nathan Hanley

29 matches

7 matches

2011 - 2015

Philip Lowry

27 matches

60 matches

2009 - 2017

Total : 20 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

Sean Ward

8 matches

123 matches

2013 - 2017

Michael Carvill

71 matches

116 matches

2009 - 2017

Billy Joe Burns

128 matches

85 matches

2008 - 2017

Michael Gault

26 matches

66 matches

2004 - 2017

Mark McAllister

2 matches

66 matches

2009 - 2017

Philip Lowry

27 matches

60 matches

2009 - 2017

Total : 20 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 02, 2017

Ballymena United

1 0

Cliftonville

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

September 05, 2017

Carrick Rangers

0 1

Ards

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Coleraine	18	6	6	0	0	16	5	+11
+22	Crusaders	15	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13
-13	Linfield	15	6	5	0	1	11	2	+9
-14	Glenavon	13	6	4	1	1	21	11	+10
5	Glentoran	11	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
6	Cliftonville	7	6	2	1	3	10	10	0
7	Ballymena United	7	6	2	1	3	7	13	-6
8	Dungannon Swifts	6	6	2	0	4	5	11	-6
9	Carrick Rangers	5	6	1	2	3	4	7	-3
10	Ards	3	6	1	0	5	4	13	-9
11	Warrenpoint Town	3	6	1	0	5	5	15	-10
12	Ballinamallard United	1	6	0	1	5	5	18	-13

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Crusaders 2-1 Linfield - September 12, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Crusaders

2 - 1

Linfield

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

Baxter vs Linfield

Baxter vs Healy

Manager

Healy vs Crusaders

Healy vs Baxter

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 Linfield

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking