📊 Form Guide

Coleraine

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Coleraine will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 4-0 Irish Cup victory against Crusaders.

For Coleraine, the goals were scored by Mark Connolly (49'), Will Patching (65'), James Akintunde (67') and Joel Cooper (79').

In their last 6 fixtures, Ruaidhrí Higgins's Coleraine have managed to score a total of 10 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.67.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Coleraine:

• are unbeaten in the league by Crusaders in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Crusaders

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The stats don’t lie, and Crusaders have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in all. At the back, Crusaders just haven’t been too solid at all. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Going into this one, Crusaders have not been beaten by Coleraine in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 18/01/2025 tells us that Coleraine have won 4 of them and Crusaders 2, with the number of drawn results being 0.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 11 of them for The Bannsiders and 5 being from The Hatchetmen. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

🗞️ Team News: Coleraine

Kodi Lyons-Foster (Hamstring injury), Connor Murray (Knock) and Graham Kelly (Achilles tendon problems) will not be taking part for Coleraine boss Ruaidhrí Higgins.

💭 Prediction

It certainly seems that Crusaders will have to play really well to put one past a Coleraine outfit who appear set to win well here.

Our selection here is for a very comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Coleraine when the referee blows the final whistle.

Andre Moura, 17:01 15/01/2026