About Match
9 points for Crusaders (6th), 1 for Bangor (10th): an 8-point gap. Per game in the league, Crusaders score 1.8 and conceding 2, Bangor 0.5 and 2.75, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Crusaders on 12 points and up to 2nd, other results permitting.
5 games without a win frame Bangor's arrival. Recent form is uneven: 9/15 points for Crusaders, 2/15 for Bangor.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Crusaders 3, draws 2, Bangor 1, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. 83% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The match takes place at Seaview in Belfast (capacity 3,383).