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Linfield 2-5 Crusaders - October 23, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018 - Round 12

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

October 23, 2017

Linfield

2 - 5

Crusaders

(header) Mark Stafford

38'

(header) Aaron Burns

56'

22'

Paul HeatleyAssist by Jordan Forsythe

33'

Mark Stafford (o.g)

44'

Gavin WhyteAssist by Matthew Snoddy

81'

Jimmy Callacher (o.g)

87'

Philip LowryAssist by Gavin Whyte

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22' - Goal Paul Heatley

33' - Own goal Mark Stafford

38' - Goal Mark Stafford38

44' - Goal Gavin Whyte photo Colin Coates

44' - Yellow card Colin Coates

45' - Yellow card Robert Garrett45

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56' - Goal Aaron Burns56

59' - Substitution Kirk Millaris substituted by Jordan Stewart59

61' - Yellow card Howard Beverland

71' - Yellow card Jordan Owens

73' - Yellow card Matthew Clarke73

78' - Yellow card Jimmy Callacher78

79' - Substitution Andrew Mitchellis substituted by Louis Rooney photo Mark Stafford

79' - Yellow card Mark Stafford79

81' - Own goal Jimmy Callacher photo Philip Lowry

81' - Substitution Paul Heatleyis substituted by Philip Lowry

85' - Yellow card Mark McChrystal

87' - Goal Philip Lowry

90' - Yellow card Jordan Stewart90

93' - Substitution Matthew Snoddyis substituted by Sean Ward photo Michael Carvill

93' - Substitution Gavin Whyteis substituted by Michael Carvill

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

2 - 5

Crusaders

Linfield Crusaders

Team line-ups

Linfield

1 Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age40 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Callacher8178

Jimmy Callacher

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1991

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

2 Stafford383379

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

5 Haughey

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

27 Mitchell79

Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland

B.date06/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

16 Clarke73

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Garrett45

Robert Garrett

Northern Ireland

B.date05/05/1988

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Lowry

Stephen Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date14/10/1986

Age31 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

12 Millar59

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

14 Burns56

Aaron Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1992

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

34 Waterworth

Andy Waterworth

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roy Carroll		40	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jimmy Callacher	8178	26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Stafford	383379	30	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Andrew Mitchell	79	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke	73	23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Robert Garrett	45	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Lowry		31	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar	59	25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Aaron Burns	56	25	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Andy Waterworth		31	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

1 Jensen

Brian Jensen

Denmark

B.date08/06/1975

Age42 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

22 McChrystal85

Mark McChrystal

Northern Ireland

B.date26/06/1984

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

4 Coates44

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Beverland61

Howard Beverland

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

19 Snoddy90+3

Matthew Snoddy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/06/1993

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

7 Caddell

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

9 Heatley2281

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

23 Whyte4490+3

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age21 years

positionForward

12 Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

11 Owens71

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brian Jensen		42	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Mark McChrystal	85	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Billy Joe Burns		28	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Colin Coates	44	31	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Howard Beverland	61	27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Matthew Snoddy	90+3	24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Declan Caddell		29	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Paul Heatley	2281	30	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Gavin Whyte	4490+3	21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Jordan Forsythe		26	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jordan Owens	71	28	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	M		Jordan Stewart	5990	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F		Louis Rooney	79	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Sean Ward	90+3	33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Philip Lowry	8781	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Carvill	90+3	29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Lowry

Jamie Mulgrew

OUT

Mark Stafford

Josh Robinson

OUT

Andrew Mitchell

Niall Quinn

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

66 %

Healy vs Crusaders

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 23, 2017

Healy vs Baxter

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 23, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

533

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Linfield

15 victories

11 draws

24 losses

Latest figure on October 23, 2017

Baxter vs Healy

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 23, 2017

Referee

Tim Marshall

26 victories	10 draws	8 losses	Linfield44 matches	General total	Crusaders42 matches	26 victories	7 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Linfield4 matches	Season total	Crusaders8 matches	6 victories	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on December 01, 2023					Latest figure on May 01, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Philip Lowry scores a goal vs Linfield in NIFL Premiership since the 12/02/2016 (with Portadown vs Linfield )

It's the first time since the 25/10/2014 (Warrenpoint Town vs Glentoran ) that a game ends with 2-5 in NIFL Premiership

End of streak for Linfield after 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Crusaders (since 13/08/2016). It was the best streak for the club since 04/01/2011-21/04/2012 (6 matches).

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

	2	Glenavon	26 pts	11 rd
+2	3	Crusaders	23 pts	11 rd
-1	4	Linfield	21 pts	11 rd
-1	5	Glentoran	21 pts	12 rd
	6	Cliftonville	19 pts	12 rd

General ranking

	1	Coleraine	31 pts	11 rd
	2	Glenavon	26 pts	11 rd
+2	3	Crusaders	23 pts	11 rd
-1	4	Linfield	21 pts	11 rd
-1	5	Glentoran	21 pts	12 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLinfield 0-2 Celtic Glasgow14/07/2017

VLinfield 2-0 Carrick Rangers12/08/2017

VLinfield 1-0 Ballymena United26/08/2017

VLinfield 6-0 Lisburn Distillery29/08/2017

VLinfield 1-0 Glentoran09/09/2017

VLinfield 4-0 Ballinamallard United16/09/2017

Overall

VLinfield 4-0 Ballinamallard United16/09/2017

VWarrenpoint Town 1-4 Linfield22/09/2017

LCliftonville 3-2 Linfield30/09/2017

VBallinamallard United 0-3 Linfield03/10/2017

LDundee United 1-0 Linfield07/10/2017

LColeraine 2-1 Linfield14/10/2017

Current form

Away

LLiepaja 2-0 Crusaders06/07/2017

VBallymena United 1-4 Crusaders11/08/2017

VCliftonville 1-2 Crusaders26/08/2017

VBallinamallard United 1-5 Crusaders09/09/2017

VGlentoran 0-3 Crusaders02/10/2017

VCove Rangers 0-3 Crusaders07/10/2017

Overall

DCrusaders 0-0 Ards16/09/2017

DCrusaders 1-1 Dungannon Swifts23/09/2017

VGlentoran 0-3 Crusaders02/10/2017

VCove Rangers 0-3 Crusaders07/10/2017

LCrusaders 2-3 Glenavon14/10/2017

VCrusaders 3-2 Coleraine17/10/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	11	16
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Drawless streak	10	4
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	5
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
713	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	753
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.5
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

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

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Aaron Burns	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Paul Heatley
Jordan Stewart	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Paul Heatley
Andrew Mitchell	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gavin Whyte
Andrew Mitchell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kirk Millar	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Billy Joe Burns
Aaron Burns	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Billy Joe Burns
Aaron Burns	4 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Paul Heatley

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

53 v

28 d

16 l

198 gf

63 ga

Away

95 matches

52 v

17 d

26 l

200 gf

124 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

197 matches

109 v

45 d

43 l

407 gf

191 ga

Historical head to head

Home

95 matches

26 v

17 d

52 l

124 gf

200 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

197 matches

43 v

45 d

109 l

191 gf

407 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 21, 1960
Away	2 - 0	December 26, 1984

Latest head to head

September 12, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Crusaders

2 - 1

Linfield

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

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Andy Waterworth	8 goals	2014 - 2016
Aaron Burns	3 goals	2014 - 2017
Michael Carvill	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Jimmy Callacher	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Mark Stafford	1 goal	2017 - 2017
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.

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Jordan Owens	10 goals	2013 - 2016
Paul Heatley	6 goals	2014 - 2017
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
David Rainey	2 goals	2012 - 2013
Gavin Whyte	2 goals	2014 - 2016
Jordan Forsythe	2 goals	2016 - 2017

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

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Jordan Owens	20 matches	2012 - 2017
Sean O'Neill	19 matches	2012 - 2017
Paul Heatley	19 matches	2012 - 2017
Declan Caddell	18 matches	2012 - 2017
Colin Coates	18 matches	2012 - 2017
Craig McClean	18 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

Sean Ward

123 matches

13 matches

2013 - 2017

Michael Carvill

116 matches

77 matches

2009 - 2017

Billy Joe Burns

85 matches

134 matches

2008 - 2017

Michael Gault

66 matches

26 matches

2004 - 2017

Mark McAllister

66 matches

2 matches

2009 - 2017

Philip Lowry

60 matches

32 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

Billy Joe Burns

85 matches

134 matches

2008 - 2017

Josh Robinson

5 matches

133 matches

2012 - 2017

Michael Carvill

116 matches

77 matches

2009 - 2017

Andrew Mitchell

11 matches

45 matches

2015 - 2017

Philip Lowry

60 matches

32 matches

2009 - 2017

Nathan Hanley

7 matches

29 matches

2011 - 2015

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

October 20, 2017

Ards

2 1

Warrenpoint Town

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October 21, 2017

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Coleraine	31	11	10	1	0	25	7	+18
2	Glenavon	26	11	8	2	1	35	15	+20
+23	Crusaders	23	11	7	2	2	30	12	+18
-14	Linfield	21	11	7	0	4	24	13	+11
-15	Glentoran	21	12	6	3	3	15	11	+4
6	Cliftonville	19	12	6	1	5	21	18	+3
7	Dungannon Swifts	14	12	4	2	6	12	19	-7
8	Ballymena United	13	12	4	1	7	18	28	-10
9	Ards	10	12	3	1	8	11	24	-13
10	Carrick Rangers	9	11	2	3	6	9	17	-8
11	Warrenpoint Town	7	12	2	1	9	12	28	-16
12	Ballinamallard United	4	11	1	1	9	9	29	-20

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Linfield 2-5 Crusaders - October 23, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Linfield

2 - 5

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