About Match
7 points and 4 places separate them: Crusaders 6th with 12, Linfield 2nd with 19. In league terms the two rates read 1.63/1.63 for Crusaders and 1.13/0.63 for Linfield (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.34. Crusaders would climb to 15 points with a win and up to 4th (other results held equal).
Linfield are unbeaten in 7, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Crusaders have taken 6 of 15 points to Linfield's 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 1 Crusaders win, 15 for Linfield, 0 draws, at 2.56 goals per meeting.
Seaview in Belfast stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,383.




