Crusaders vs Cliftonville betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 26th, 2024

Crusaders will be playing against Cliftonville in a Premiership football match scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 26th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Crusaders vs Cliftonville betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Crusaders vs Cliftonville will occur

The game takes place in the small Seaview stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 3383 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Crusaders vs Cliftonville betting tip 2024/2025

The Premiership has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.11 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.56 goals per match played.

Crusaders last match

In the last match played, Crusaders met Portadown, in a match valid for the Premiership. The match ended in a loss by 1-0.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.10.

Cliftonville last match

Cliftonville appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Premiership game, the team faced Glentoran, and the score ended with a 1-2.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.80, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Crusaders vs Cliftonville h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Premiership season. The match, played on 01-11-2024, recorded the 1-0 win for Cliftonville.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Cliftonville team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Crusaders its counterpart.

Teams with different capacities and aspirations.

Crusaders

Premiership leaderboard now

Crusaders enters into this match occupying 7th place in the Premiership with a negative balance. The team has scored 27 points, winning only 8 games, losing 9, and scoring 3 draws.

Which means that Coleraine team, at position 8, is in close pursuit with an advantage of 1 point, in the 23rd round.

Crusaders analysis

At the end of matchday 22 we see that Crusaders conceded more goals than they scored, with 27 goals conceded and 24 scored.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 3 losses streak in the Premiership, which is not a good omen for this next match.

While the average number of shots on goal by Crusaders is relatively low, in contrast, the shooting accuracy of the forwards is very high. In fact, the team has an average value of 2.45 per game, but has 1.2 goals scored per match. In other words, it scored a goal in 40% of the circumstances in which it kicked at goal.

With a busy schedule, Crusaders may have difficulty maintaining its performance facing multiple games in a short period of time. Despite the odds predicting a balanced game with Crusaders and Cliftonville having odds for victory above 2, the team's busy schedule may be a decisive factor for the result.

Best goalscorer from Crusaders

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Kieran Offord. The Attacker has scored 8 times in this competition and helped Crusaders avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Historical data Crusaders

The Crusaders team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 7 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress its opponents with a win at a time when they are in poor form.

Cliftonville

Premiership leaderboard now

The Cliftonville team with 31 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws, and 7 losses.

This means that in the 23rd round, the Ballymena United team is closing in at 6th place, with 1 point difference.

Cliftonville analysis

Cliftonville shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 22 games has only conceded goals on 21 occasions, and has scored in 28.

This is a top 5 team in the Premiership that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Cliftonville is a more offensive team than Crusaders, having 1451 attacks vs. 1320 from Crusaders, having scored 28 times, in comparison, Crusaders converted into goal 24 times.

Best goalscorer from Cliftonville

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Joe Gormley. The Attacker has already scored 15 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Cliftonville, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Crusaders is Kieran Offord, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Cliftonville is Joe Gormley, he has scored in 15 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 3.6 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.5 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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