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Crusaders 2-2 Linfield - December 22, 2012 / Danske Bank Premiership 2012/2013

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18' - Yellow card Declan Caddell18

20' - Goal Billy Joe Burns

26' - Yellow card Paul Heatley26

34' - Yellow card Josh Robinson34

35' - Yellow card David Armstrong

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46' - Goal Gary McCutcheon46

55' - Yellow card Sean O'Neill photo Craig McClean

55' - Yellow card Craig McClean55

57' - Goal Brian McCaul

61' - Yellow card Philip Lowry

62' - Yellow card Brian McCaul

74' - Substitution William Murphyis substituted by Albert Watson

75' - Substitution Gary McCutcheonis substituted by David Rainey75

77' - Yellow card Johnny Black

83' - Red card Jordan Owens83

83' - Substitution Philip Lowryis substituted by Daryl Fordyce

85' - Substitution Craig McCleanis substituted by David McMaster85

90' - Goal David Rainey90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

2 - 2

Linfield

Crusaders Linfield

Team line-ups

Crusaders

1 O'Neill55

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

11 Robinson34

Josh Robinson

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1993

Age19 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2 McKeown

Gareth McKeown

Northern Ireland

B.date14/07/1983

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight central defender

6 Coates

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

17 McClean8555

Craig McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date06/07/1985

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5 Magowan

David Magowan

Northern Ireland

B.date04/10/1983

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

12 Caddell18

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22 Heatley26

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age25 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

14 McCutcheon4675

Gary McCutcheon

Scotland

B.date08/10/1978

Age34 years

H1m68

positionForward

9 Adamson

Timmy Adamson

Northern Ireland

B.date05/01/1983

Age29 years

H1m72

positionForward

18 Owens83

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill	55	24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Josh Robinson	34	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gareth McKeown		29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Colin Coates		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Craig McClean	8555	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	David Magowan		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Declan Caddell	18	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Heatley	26	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Gary McCutcheon	4675	34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Timmy Adamson		29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	83	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Linfield

1 Blayney

Alan Blayney

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1981

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Murphy74

William Murphy

Northern Ireland

B.date29/01/1974

Age38 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 Armstrong35

David Armstrong

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1987

Age25 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

12 Burns20

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

26 Black77

Johnny Black

Northern Ireland

B.date26/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

22 Mulgrew

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age26 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

24 McCaul5762

Brian McCaul

Northern Ireland

B.date06/08/1990

Age22 years

positionMidfield

8 Lowry8361

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Thompson

Peter Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date02/05/1984

Age28 years

H1m81

positionStriker

10 Carvill

Michael Carvill

Northern Ireland

B.date03/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

25 McAllister

Mark McAllister

Northern Ireland

B.date26/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Alan Blayney		31	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	William Murphy	74	38	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	David Armstrong	35	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Billy Joe Burns	20	23	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Johnny Black	77	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Brian McCaul	5762	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Philip Lowry	8361	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Peter Thompson		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Carvill		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Mark McAllister		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
15	F		David McMaster	85	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F		David Rainey	9075	36	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
23	D		Albert Watson	74	27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M		Daryl Fordyce	83	25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johnny Black

Michael Gault

OUT

Philip Lowry

Jim Ervin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

299

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Baxter vs Linfield

4 victories

4 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2012

Baxter vs Jeffrey

4 victories

4 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

750

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Jeffrey vs Crusaders

40 victories

12 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2012

Jeffrey vs Baxter

18 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2012

Referee

Ross Dunlop

17 victories	8 draws	5 losses	Crusaders30 matches	General total	Linfield27 matches	22 victories	4 draws	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Crusaders2 matches	Season total	Linfield3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on October 26, 2024					Latest figure on November 30, 2024

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Billy Johnston head of Crusaders (01/01/1972-01/07/1977), you can see a manager go over Stephen Baxter with 1.7 goals scored per game in NIFL Premiership (2.08).

End of streak for Crusaders after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Linfield at home (since 24/04/2010). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/11/1995 (4 matches)

Crusaders keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Linfield running (since 18/10/2010). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/12/2003-29/11/2008 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

1	Cliftonville	46 pts	20 rd
2	Crusaders	40 pts	21 rd
3	Glentoran	34 pts	20 rd
4	Coleraine	34 pts	20 rd
5	Linfield	33 pts	21 rd

General ranking

3	Glentoran	34 pts	20 rd
4	Coleraine	34 pts	20 rd
5	Linfield	33 pts	21 rd
6	Ballinamallard United	31 pts	20 rd
7	Portadown	25 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrusaders 1-1 Coleraine27/10/2012

VCrusaders 5-1 Glenavon03/11/2012

VCrusaders 3-1 Lisburn Distillery05/11/2012

VCrusaders 2-0 Portadown17/11/2012

VCrusaders 2-1 Dungannon Swifts01/12/2012

VCrusaders 3-1 Lisburn Distillery15/12/2012

Overall

VCrusaders 2-0 Portadown17/11/2012

VDonegal Celtic 2-5 Crusaders24/11/2012

VCrusaders 2-1 Dungannon Swifts01/12/2012

DGlentoran 1-1 Crusaders08/12/2012

VLinfield 0-1 Crusaders11/12/2012

VCrusaders 3-1 Lisburn Distillery15/12/2012

Current form

Away

LColeraine 3-2 Linfield22/10/2012

VDonegal Celtic 0-3 Linfield03/11/2012

VBallymena United 0-6 Linfield05/11/2012

LCliftonville 3-0 Linfield10/11/2012

DLisburn Distillery 1-1 Linfield01/12/2012

VBallinamallard United 1-3 Linfield08/12/2012

Overall

DLinfield 1-1 Glenavon17/11/2012

VLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United24/11/2012

DLisburn Distillery 1-1 Linfield01/12/2012

VBallinamallard United 1-3 Linfield08/12/2012

LLinfield 0-1 Crusaders11/12/2012

VLinfield 2-1 Dungannon Swifts15/12/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	12	6
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	11	14
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	5
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
802	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	862
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.3
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Jordan Owens	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Peter Thompson
Jordan Owens	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Carvill
Gary McCutcheon	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Peter Thompson
Gary McCutcheon	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Gibson	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Brian McCaul
Gary McCutcheon	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Jordan Owens	10 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Brian McCaul

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

19 v

14 d

49 l

101 gf

186 ga

Away

86 matches

13 v

23 d

50 l

53 gf

186 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

173 matches

33 v

37 d

103 l

158 gf

381 ga

Historical head to head

Home

86 matches

50 v

23 d

13 l

186 gf

53 ga

Away

82 matches

49 v

14 d

19 l

186 gf

101 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

173 matches

103 v

37 d

33 l

381 gf

158 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 21, 1960
Home	5 - 1	April 21, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1962
Away	8 - 1	December 05, 1964

Latest head to head

December 11, 2012 - Irn-Bru League Cup 2012/2013

Linfield

0 - 1

Crusaders

September 04, 2012 - Danske Bank Premiership 2012/2013

Linfield

1 - 2

Crusaders

May 05, 2012 - Irish Cup 2011/2012

Linfield

4 - 1

Crusaders

April 21, 2012 - Carling Premiership 2011/2012

Crusaders

1 - 1

Linfield

February 04, 2012 - Carling Premiership 2011/2012

Linfield

5 - 0

Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Gary McCutcheon	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Jordan Owens	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Declan Caddell	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Mark McAllister	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Daryl Fordyce	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Robert Garrett	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Albert Watson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Peter Thompson	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Billy Joe Burns	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Jordan Owens	5 matches	2011 - 2012
Chris Morrow	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Paul Leeman	4 matches	2011 - 2012
David Rainey	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Sean O'Neill	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Gareth McKeown	3 matches	2011 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Daryl Fordyce	5 matches	2011 - 2012
Mark McAllister	5 matches	2011 - 2012
Albert Watson	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Michael Carvill	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Alan Blayney	4 matches	2011 - 2012
Jim Ervin	4 matches	2011 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ryan McCann

23 matches

2 matches

2004 - 2012

Mark Dickson

2 matches

4 matches

2006 - 2009

Chris Morgan

2 matches

1 match

1997 - 2000

Paul Kirk

2 matches

1976 - 1978

Gavin Arthur

2 matches

1 match

1997 - 2000

Stephen Baxter

2 matches

4 matches

1987 - 1997

Total : 9 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

Alan Dornan

1 match

11 matches

1986 - 1997

Gary McCartney

1 match

5 matches

1982 - 1997

Mark Dickson

2 matches

4 matches

2006 - 2009

Stephen Baxter

2 matches

4 matches

1987 - 1997

Ronnie McAteer

2 matches

3 matches

1970 - 1976

Ryan McCann

23 matches

2 matches

2004 - 2012

Total : 9 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

January 15, 2013

Coleraine

1 5

Ballinamallard

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

March 20, 2013

Distillery

0 5

Portadown

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Cliftonville	46	20	14	4	2	53	21	+32
2	Crusaders	40	21	12	4	5	39	22	+17
3	Glentoran	34	20	9	7	4	32	20	+12
4	Coleraine	34	20	9	7	4	31	26	+5
5	Linfield	33	21	9	6	6	37	28	+9
6	Ballinamallard United	31	20	9	4	7	29	23	+6
7	Portadown	25	20	6	7	7	31	35	-4
8	Ballymena United	25	20	6	7	7	28	34	-6
9	Glenavon	23	20	6	5	9	29	30	-1
10	Dungannon Swifts	18	20	3	9	8	23	30	-7
11	Donegal Celtic	11	20	2	5	13	17	46	-29
12	Lisburn Distillery	9	20	2	3	15	15	49	-34

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Crusaders 2-2 Linfield - December 22, 2012 / Danske Bank Premiership 2012/2013

Crusaders

2 - 2

Linfield

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

Baxter vs Linfield

Baxter vs Jeffrey

Manager

Jeffrey vs Crusaders

Jeffrey vs Baxter

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 Linfield

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking