Glenavon vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 07th, 2024

Glenavon and Crusaders will play on Saturday, December 07th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Premiership game to be held in Northern Ireland, check the Glenavon vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Glenavon vs Crusaders will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Mourneview Park stadium, in the city of Lurgan, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Glenavon vs Crusaders 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 2.59 goals per match played.

Glenavon last match

Glenavon comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Coleraine, in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 3-3.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.40.

Crusaders last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Irish League Cup, Crusaders faced the Dungannon Swifts team, and the score ended in favor with a 2-0.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 2-2 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of .

Glenavon vs Crusaders h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 14-09-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and it ended with a 0-1 win for Glenavon.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Crusaders team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Glenavon team, which has no wins recently.

Glenavon

Premiership leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Glenavon comes into this game with only 16 points. The team occupies 11th place in the Premiership, saddled with a negative balance of 3 wins, 9 losses, and 7 draws.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 2 points against Carrick Rangers team who occupies position 10 in the 20th round.

With no big ambitions or relegation concerns, Glenavon, mid-table of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

Glenavon analysis

At the end of round 19 in Premiership, Glenavon scored 14 goals and conceded 28 goals.

Glenavon seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

Glenavon has a ball possession average of 48% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Glenavon vs Crusaders 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Best goalscorer from Glenavon

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level David McDaid is the player to highlight. Helping Glenavon with 5 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Crusaders

Premiership leaderboard now

The Crusaders team with 27 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 8 wins, 3 draws, and 6 losses.

Which means that in the 20th round, the team is ahead with the same number of points over Ballymena United team who is in the 7th place.

Crusaders analysis

We have reached matchday 19 in Premiership and at the moment Crusaders has made 22 goals and conceded 20.

Crusaders average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 2.12 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 1.29 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

The Crusaders team typically attempts to control the game by achieving an average ball possession of 54.08%. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually hold some control over their opponents.

Crusaders is a more offensive team than Glenavon, having 1027 attacks vs. 786 from Glenavon, having scored 22 times, in comparison, Glenavon converted into goal 14 times.

Crusaders may struggle to maintain their level of play when facing a grueling schedule featuring multiple games in quick succession. Despite both teams having odds of over 2 to win, Crusaders busy schedule could play a significant role in the final outcome against Glenavon.

Best goalscorer from Crusaders

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Kieran Offord. With 8 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Crusaders team achieving several victories this season.

Historical data: Crusaders

With 7 titles won in the history of the tournament, one of the leading names in the competition is the Crusaders team. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the game and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their rivals with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Glenavon is David McDaid, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Crusaders is Kieran Offord, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Glenavon 1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Crusaders 1.13 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 2.61 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.11 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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