Glentoran and HB get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Preliminary Round fixture.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It should be mentioned that HB play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for HB on grass are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 0-1. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for HB when visiting Glentoran as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Glentoran form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Oval as Glentoran have scored 34 goals to get 33 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 10-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Glentoran's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Cliftonville. 2-2 away at Glenavon before that.
The Glentoran manager M. McDermott has got the team scoring with 34 from 16 home games in the league. Glentoran are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.
HB form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.The away performances of HB have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Meistaradeildin. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Glentoran. HB has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against NSÍ.
Impressive finishing from A. Justinussen (2), B. Wardum, M. Nygaard, D. Í Soylu (3) and M. Dahl (3) secured the home win 11-0 against AB in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away Meistaradeildin victory against Vikingur with the score of 3-1.
As mentioned above, HB was the only team on the pitch versus AB in their previous game, winning 11-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention M. Dahl's lethal finishing against AB. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 23 goals in 9 league games away this season. HB are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. McDaid 15 goals |  H. Plum 11 goals | P. O'Neill 11 goals |
Glentoran missing players
HB missing players
| Glentoran | HB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Scored | S | 31 | 66 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 303 | 176 | Total Shots | T S | 187 | 364 | ||
| 132 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 79 | 157 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HB | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 40 | 46 |
| 2 | KI | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 38 | 41 |
| 3 | B36 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 37 |
| 4 | NSÍ | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Vikingur | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | IF | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 7 | EB / Streymur | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -26 | 13 |
| 8 | TB | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 7 |
| 9 | AB | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 27 | -38 | 7 |
| 10 | Skala | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | -39 | 2 |