Premiership · Regular Season - 26
Saturday, 24 January 2026 · 23:00 · Seaview, Belfast · Referee: E. Boyce
Crusaders FC0 : 1
Full-time
LinfieldHalf-time: 0-1
Match Events
- 9'M. FitzpatrickNormal Goal
- 17'D. LeahyYellow Card
- 55'S. Nixon (assist: F. Thorndike)Substitution 1
- 62'H. Jewitt-White (assist: T. Maguire)Substitution 2
- 66'M. Yates (assist: A. Frizzell)Substitution 1
- 66'A. Gorrin (assist: J. Mulgrew)Substitution 2
- 79'C. Bruce (assist: J. James)Substitution 3
- 80'C. Allen (assist: K. Millar)Substitution 3
- 90+3'L. BarrYellow Card
Crusaders FC
Starting XI
- 1M. Dibaga
- 8H. Jewitt-White
- 9A. Brooks
- 11E. Dunlop
- 12E. Easton
- 16J. Williamson
- 19F. Bryden
- 21S. Nixon
- 22C. Bruce
- 42L. Anderson
- 43L. Barr
Substitutes
- 33J. Tuffey
- 10F. Thorndike
- 23O. McCart
- 24L. Barr
- 62J. James
- 26R. Donnelly
- 27T. Maguire
Linfield
Starting XI
- 1C. Johns
- 10C. Allen
- 21J. Archer
- 29M. Fitzpatrick
- 15B. Hall
- 33D. Leahy
- 8K. McClean
- 34D. McCullough
- 27E. McGee
- 6A. Gorrin
- 20M. Yates
Substitutes
- 26I. Baird
- 24S. Brown
- 23A. Frizzell
- 7K. Millar
- 22J. Mulgrew
- 32S. Taylor
- 51D. Walsh
Head-to-Head
- Crusaders FC 0 - 1 LinfieldSaturday, 24 January 2026
- Linfield 4 - 0 Crusaders FCSaturday, 13 December 2025
- Linfield 1 - 0 Crusaders FCWednesday, 26 November 2025
- Linfield 3 - 1 Crusaders FCWednesday, 2 April 2025
- Crusaders FC 0 - 2 LinfieldSaturday, 8 March 2025
Crusaders FC — recent form
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Linfield — recent form
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League Standings Context
| Rank | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Crusaders FC | 33 | -34 | 26 |
| 4 | Linfield | 33 | 32 | 62 |