Cliftonville 2-1 Crusaders FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - Premier League, 7 Aug 2026

📅07/08/2026 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
56%
1.53
Draw
24%
4.19
Away
20%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
48%
2.23
Over 2.5
52%
1.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.68
No
47%
2.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
4.32
2-3 Goals
38%
1.85
4-5 Goals
28%
2.77
6+ Goals
9%
7.79
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
1.91
1/2
5%
34.5
1/X
8%
15.55
X/1
18%
4.14
X/2
7%
11.2
X/X
8%
6.52
2/1
6%
20.05
2/2
8%
8.53
2/X EV+ ✗
8%
17.3
Value flag · 2/X at 17.3 — our 8% vs market 3.3%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
56%
Home Win
61%
-5.0pp
24%
Draw
21%
+3.2pp
20%
Away Win
18%
+1.8pp
48%
Under 2.5
41%
+7.5pp
52%
Over 2.5
59%
-7.5pp
53%
BTTS Yes
56%
-2.1pp
47%
BTTS No
44%
+2.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Cliftonville EU Bookmakers 66%
Head to Head
AWAY Crusaders FC EU Bookmakers 21%
+5% / -1% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +6% / +5%
2.59/0.80 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.95/1.33
+29% / +11% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -12% / +21%
53% Ball Possession 47%
11 Total Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
399 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 302 · 78%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
1.5 Yellow Cards 2.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cliftonville
4W-0D-2L
AWAY Crusaders FC
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
48% Ball Possession 52%
8 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 3
10.03.2026 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC 0-1 HT 0-0 Cliftonville Cliftonville KİRL
21.02.2026 Cliftonville Cliftonville 5-2 HT 2-1 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC KİRL
26.12.2025 Cliftonville Cliftonville 1-2 HT 0-1 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC KİRL
01.03.2025 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC 1-2 HT 0-1 Cliftonville Cliftonville KİRK
26.12.2024 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC 2-0 HT 0-0 Cliftonville Cliftonville KİRL
01.11.2024 Cliftonville Cliftonville 1-0 HT 1-0 Crusaders FC Crusaders FC KİRL
POST-MATCH Cliftonville vs Crusaders FC
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cliftonville squeezed past Crusaders FC 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Cliftonville as the likeliest winner at 56%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 52% and both teams to score was close to even at 53%.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cliftonville had the better of it with 4 wins. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Cliftonville and 1.17 for Crusaders FC.

What was the final score of Cliftonville vs Crusaders FC?

Cliftonville 2-1 Crusaders FC in the North Ireland - Premier League on 07/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cliftonville vs Crusaders FC?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cliftonville win the most likely single outcome at about 56%, with the full match-result split Cliftonville 56%, draw 24%, Crusaders FC 20%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cliftonville), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Cliftonville) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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