Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Larne W & Glentoran BU W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Women's Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Larne W form and stats
Larne W was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the FA Women's Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership Women this season. Larne W have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here.
Larne W played out an unpredictable defeat 1-5 against Sion Swifts W in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans. Larne W were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Ballymena Allstars W that finished 2-2.Larne has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Larne W have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Glentoran BU W form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Glentoran, as they won the FA Women's Cup.The away performances of Glentoran BU W have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Premiership Women. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a All-Island Cup home loss versus Shamrock Rovers W with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Premiership Women victory against Linfield W with the score of 3-2.The Glentoran BU W manager Clarke has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 36 goals in 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Larne W missing players
Glentoran BU W missing players
| Larne W | Glentoran BU W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 11 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 75 | 37 | Scored | S | 64 | 112 | ||
| 68 | 37 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 1.5 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 68% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 78% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran BU W | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 55 | 28 |
| 2 | Cliftonville W | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 51 | 22 |
| 3 | Sion Swifts W | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 22 |
| 4 | Linfield W | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 19 |
| 5 | Crusaders Strikers W | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | Lisburn W | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | Larne W | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -37 | 7 |
| 8 | Mid-Ulster W | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -31 | 5 |
| 9 | Ballymena Allstars W | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 | -44 | 5 |
| 10 | Derry City W | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | -47 | 0 |
