Preview
- Matchweek 3 of the 2026-2027 Premiership brings Crusaders against Portadown on 2026-08-22 (kick-off 18:00 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Declan Caddell and David Jeffrey have not met as managers before.
- Current league positions have Crusaders 6th on 3 points and Portadown 10th on 0 points.
- Neither Crusaders nor Portadown are missing any players.
- Conflicting outcomes: Crusaders triumphed 2-1 over Ballymena United, while Portadown went down 0-1 to Dungannon Swifts.
- Momentum favors Portadown (3-0-2) after Crusaders managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
- Crusaders have clearly got the edge H2H: in 46 meetings, they've beaten Portadown 27 times, with 6 draws and only 13 losses.
- We predict Crusaders to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (1-0-0) and 2.00 goals/game.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Crusaders
Portadown
Events
| 12' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 21' | F. Flanagan | ||
| 32' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 39' | F. Flanagan | ||
HT 2 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 55' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 57' | 3 - 1 | ||
| 59' | 3 - 2 | ||
| 64' | |||
| 74' | |||
Standings
Crusaders is going head to head with Portadown on 22/8/2026 17:00 GMT for the Northern Ireland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Crusaders v Portadown H2H statistics!