Match Centre

Premiership
Saturday 18 December 2021 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Coleraine Showgrounds

Attendance: 2568

Referee: Steven Gregg

Coleraine home-team
0 FT 0
away-team Crusaders
football
Jonny Tuffey beats Matthew Shevlin to the ball ©Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press

OPPORTUNITIES BUT NO GOALS AT THE SHOWGROUNDS

Coleraine and Crusaders drew a blank at The Showgrounds, a result that didn't favour either side although it does mean the Crues move up a spot into fourth.

Despite the lack of goals the game wasn't bereft of chances. Indeed both sides had opportunities to move in front during the opening quarter-of-an-hour or so with Conor McKendry going close for the Bannsiders through a curling free-kick from just outside the box while Paul Heatley fired wide from 20 yards a little later.

Jamie Glackin then lifted the ball over Jonny Tuffey from a similar distance but the ball drifted a little too high.

Unfortunately, however, this bright start wasn't maintained for the remainder of the first half although there was some promise not long after the break when Jordan Forsythe directed an effort wide of the target.

Then, a few minutes after that, the Crues almost broke the deadlock through Josh Robinson but his well executed strike from distance struck the top of the home crossbar. At the other end Josh Carson came close from inside the box only for the ball to drop wide.

As the game progressed the visitors enjoyed the better chances. Bannsiders keeper Gareth Deane was on hand to save from Heatley's left-foot shot from a great position while Caddell's header from a Billy Joe Burns right-sided cross also failed to find the target late on.

Coleraine: Deane, Kane, Brown, McKendry, Lowry, Bradley, Carson, O'Donnell, Glackin, Traynor, Shevlin subs Gallagher, Mullan, Jarvis, McLaughlin, Wilson, Kelly, Friel

Crusaders: Tuffey, Burns, Hegarty, Weir, Caddell, Forsythe, O'Rourke, Heatley, Robinson, Clarke, McMurray subs O'Neill, Wilson, Lowry, Lecky, Frazer, Owens, Thompson

  • FULL TIME
    Coleraine   0 - 0 Crusaders
  •  Yellow Card

    Lyndon Kane

    Coleraine

    90+2'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jarlath O'Rourke

    Crusaders

    90+2'
  • Gareth Deane

    Glenavon

    90'
  •  Yellow Card

    James McLaughlin

    Players

    90'
  • Jonathan Tuffey

    Crusaders

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jamie Glackin

    Coleraine

    83'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Matthew Shevlin

    Coleraine

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Patrick Kelly

    Players

    83'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Cathair Friel

    Portadown

    83'
  •  Yellow Card

    Joshua Robinson

    Players

    73'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jonathan McMurray

    Ballymena United

    69'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Adam Lecky

    Crusaders

    69'
  •  Yellow Card

    Matthew Shevlin

    Coleraine

    67'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Eoin Bradley

    Players

    64'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    James McLaughlin

    Players

    64'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ross Clarke

    Crusaders

    44'

Coleraine

  • Gareth Deane
  • Lyndon Kane 90+2'
  • Rodney Brown
  • Conor McKendry
  • Stephen Lowry
  • Eoin Bradley red substitution 64'
  • Josh Carson
  • Stephen O'Donnell
  • Jamie Glackin red substitution 83'
  • Aaron Traynor
  • Matthew Shevlin 67' red substitution 83'

Substitutes

  • Martin Gallagher
  • Adam Mullan
  • Aaron Jarvis
  • James McLaughlin 90' green substitution 64'
  • Ronan Wilson
  • Patrick Kelly green substitution 83'
  • Cathair Friel green substitution 83'

Crusaders

  • Jonathan Tuffey
  • Billy Joe Burns
  • Chris Hegarty
  • Robbie Weir
  • Declan Caddell
  • Jordan Forsythe
  • Jarlath O'Rourke 90+2'
  • Paul Heatley
  • Joshua Robinson 73'
  • Ross Clarke 44'
  • Jonathan McMurray red substitution 69'

Substitutes

  • Sean O'Neill
  • Aidan Wilson
  • Philip Lowry
  • Adam Lecky green substitution 69'
  • Jonathan Frazer
  • Jordan Owens
  • Joel Thompson
© Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press

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