Crusaders are on the road on Saturday as they head south to play Newry City in the Premiership for the first time in a few years. Manager Stephen Baxter will be pleased with his sides gritty performance on Tuesday night when a late goal secured three points in a game that Crusaders had only 10 men on the pitch for an hour. Josh Robinson was the player sent off so he misses automatically which means Chris Hegarty will play. Ben Kennedy will miss again through injury but everyone else is fit.
Darren Mullan will be hoping his newly promoted side will get off the mark in their third game after the first two ended in defeat but he knows that the opposition in the Premiership are a lot tougher and it will be a hard slog. He recently bolstered his squad with several signings but defeat last Sunday to Linfield showed it may take time for them tp gel
Crusaders and Newry City did not meet last season so no stats are available
Referee Tim Marshall
Asst Referees George Argyroupoulos Victoria Finlay
4th Official Ryan Hanna
Tickets are available via the Newry City website. It would be great too see you travel and getting behind the lads and we look forward to seeing you just that. C'mon the Crues
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