International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Tre Fiori and Linfield are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Preliminary Round - Semi-finals.
These teams have little in common geographically as Linfield have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tre Fiori form and stats
Last season, Tre Fiori's Europa League journey ended in the preliminary round against KI.Fiori has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Pennarossa defeat 279 days ago.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Linfield form and stats
Linfield was sent out of Champions League in the 1st qualifying round last season, when Rosenborg turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Linfield have produced an overall stat of 10-1-5 so far. Linfield have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games Linfield has no reason to fear anyone.
Linfield play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Carrick Rangers. Before that, Linfield secured a home win against Crusaders with the score 4-0.
Linfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 16 games. Linfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Waterworth 13 goals | J. Cooper 11 goals |  A. Compagno 10 goals |
Tre Fiori missing players
Linfield missing players
| Tre Fiori | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 51 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 101 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 254 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 105 | ||
| 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |