Match Centre

Premiership
Thursday 26 December 2024 (kick off: 3.00 PM)

Venue: Seaview

Attendance: 2857

Referee: Tony Clarke

Crusaders home-team
2 FT 0
away-team Cliftonville
  •   Kieran Offord 47' 50'
football
©Stephen Hamilton/INPHO

OFFORD AT THE DOUBLE FOR CRUES

Kieran Offord bagged both goals as Crusaders defeated Cliftonville at Seaview.

The first half was a relatively low key affair. Both sides had their chances during the opening minutes when Joe Gormley and Kieran Offord had efforts from distance but both failed to hit the target.

Indeed, the best chance of the first half came right at the end when Jordan Forsythe picked out Jarlath O'Rourke who, in turn, cut the ball back for Jordan Stewart but he couldn't direct his effort on target.

It took the Crues only moments after the interval to find a way through. Stewart almost found the net himself with a thunderous effort off the crossbar from around 30 yards with Kieran Offord on hand to slide home the rebound.

Then, on 50 minutes, Offord doubled his tally with a back post header after Harry Jewitt-White had sent the ball back in after Ross Clarke's initial cross was only partially cleared.

The Reds might have pulled one back immediately when Rory Hale had a go with a half-volley but he could only direct the ball over the top.

Crues keeper Jonny Tuffey was then called into action to tip another Gormley effort over the bar while, from the corner that followed, Hale couldn't force the ball over the line from Michael Newberry's header across goal.

Crusaders: Tuffey, Callacher, Lowry, Jewitt-White, Stewart, Forsythe, O’Rourke, Offord, Larmour, Smith, Clarke subs Kerr, Weir, Williamson, Owens, Nixon, Barr, Downey

Cliftonville: Ridd, Addis, Newberry, Kearney, Hale, Curran, Piesold, Gormley, Glynn, Wilson, Steven subs Odumosu, Pepper, Pettifer, Doherty, Markey, Corrigan, Madden

  • FULL TIME
    Crusaders   2 - 0 Cliftonville
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Jewitt-White

    Crusaders

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Kieran Offord

    Linfield

    90'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Josh Williamson

    Crusaders

    90'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Owens

    Crusaders

    90'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Axel Piesold

    Cliftonville

    85'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Coran Madden

    Cliftonville

    85'
  •  Yellow Card

    Ronan Doherty

    Coleraine

    84'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jordan Forsythe

    Crusaders

    80'
  •  Yellow Card

    Stewart Nixon

    Crusaders

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Curran

    Cliftonville

    80'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Markey

    Cliftonville

    80'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Philip Lowry

    Crusaders

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Malachy Smith

    Crusaders

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Robbie Weir

    Crusaders

    75'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Lewis Barr

    Crusaders

    75'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Jordan Stewart

    Crusaders

    57'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Stewart Nixon

    Crusaders

    57'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jordan Stewart

    Crusaders

    54'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Harry Wilson

    Cliftonville

    53'
  • red subsititutions  Substitution

    Taylor Steven

    Players

    53'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ronan Doherty

    Coleraine

    53'
  • green subsititutions  Substitution

    Ryan Corrigan

    Cliftonville

    53'
  • GOAL

    Kieran Offord

    Linfield

    50'
  • GOAL

    Kieran Offord

    Linfield

    47'
  •  Yellow Card

    Jonathan Addis

    Cliftonville

    23'
  •  Yellow Card

    Harry Jewitt-White

    Crusaders

    1'

Crusaders

club-logo
club-logo

Cliftonville

club-logo
club-logo