Linfield vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on January 28th, 2025

A Premiership match between Linfield and Crusaders will hold on January 28th, 2025, Tuesday at 19:45h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Linfield vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Linfield vs Crusaders will occur

The game takes place in the small Windsor Park stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 18614 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Linfield 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Linfield last match

Linfield arrives from a victory in the last match they played. The contest against Portadown, valid for the Premiership, ended with a score of 1-3 in favor of the team.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.75.

Crusaders last match

Crusaders appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a victory for this match. In a Premiership game, the team faced Coleraine, and the score ended with a 0-2.

In this game we witnessed an incredible upset! The winning odds of 4.10 ensured the unexpected triumph of the Underdogs.

Linfield vs Crusaders h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 12-10-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and it ended with a 2-3 win for Linfield.

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

Linfield

Premiership leaderboard now

The Linfield team with 54 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 17 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 15 points, in the 6th round is followed by the Dungannon Swifts team in 2nd place.

Linfield analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Linfield is positive: after 5 rounds the team has scored 46 goals, conceding only 17.

Linfield is certainly not the team that has totaled the most danger to opposing goalkeepers this year, but when it creates some it knows how to hurt. The team has averaged so far 4.13 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.92 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

While Crusaders has only managed to convert 30 of their 1803 attacks into goals, Linfield has been much more successful with 1952 attacks and 46 goals.

Best goalscorer from Linfield

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Joel Cooper has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Linfield with 15 goals this season, the Midfielder has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Historical data Linfield

With 55 titles won in the tournament's history the Linfield team is one of the leading names in the competition. 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.

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.

In the 6th round, the team has the same number of points when compared to Cliftonville team who occupies position 5.

Crusaders analysis

Crusaders, with 30 goals scored and 35 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 5 rounds.

Best goalscorer from Crusaders

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Kieran Offord. The Attacker has already scored 10 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Crusaders, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Linfield boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Crusaders, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Linfield is Joel Cooper, who has already scored 15 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Crusaders is Kieran Offord, he has scored in 10 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

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.37 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 20.8 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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