Crusaders vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on January 25th, 2025

Crusaders will be playing against Portadown in a Premiership football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Crusaders vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Crusaders vs Portadown will occur

The game will be played in the small Seaview stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 3383 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Crusaders vs Portadown 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Crusaders last match

Crusaders comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Coleraine, in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 0-2.

The odds of the underdog team to win were 4.10 before the match. That shows why it was an unexpected result - an incredible surprise for everyone who enjoyed this match!

Portadown last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Portadown faced the Linfield team, and the score ended with a 1-3 for their rivals.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for their win, 4.75 were a sign of it.

Crusaders vs Portadown h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Premiership match, on 21-12-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, which ended with a 1-0 win for Portadown.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The performance of the Portadown team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Crusaders team.

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Crusaders

Premiership leaderboard now

The Crusaders team with 34 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 10 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses.

The team has no advantage against the Cliftonville team who holds the 5th place in the 27th round.

Crusaders analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Crusaders sums 30 goals for and a total of 35 goals against, after 26 rounds played.

A hectic schedule could be a potential roadblock for Crusaders as they gear up to play multiple games in quick succession. Even though the odds favor a closely matched game, Crusaders demanding schedule could be a crucial factor in determining the eventual outcome against Portadown.

Best goalscorer from Crusaders

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Kieran Offord. Crusaders owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 10 goals in this season.

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 their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

The Portadown team with 37 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 11 wins, 4 draws, and 9 losses.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Glentoran who occupies the position 3 in the 27th round.

Portadown analysis

Portadown shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 26 games has only conceded goals on 26 occasions, and has scored in 30.

The Portadown shooting average is not high, yet the accuracy of the strikers is extraordinary. If shots on target averaged only 2.75 per game, the team instead scored 1.25 goals per match. Basically, it scored a goal in 40% of attempts.

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

Best goalscorer from Portadown

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Ryan Mayse. With 8 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Portadown team achieving several victories this season.

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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 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Portadown is Ryan Mayse, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

Portadown has conceded 11 away goals in 11 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Portadown will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-0, something to take into consideration.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Portadown scores an average of 1.27 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 3.46 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Crusaders has an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game over the 26 rounds, while Portadown has an average of 2.2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.81 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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