National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Larne or Linfield that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Larne form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Inver Park as Larne have scored 23 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson not having conceded a league goal in 375 minutes.
The home team returns to Inver Park after drawing with Newry City AFC on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting Portadown in a game that was won 2-0.A decent goal production from Larne in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Defensively Larne have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Linfield form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 4 losses in the Premiership.
Linfield play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-1 victory visiting Portadown. As mentioned above, Linfield was the only team on the pitch versus Portadown in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that match, the Linfield manager Healy faced defeat when travelling to Crusaders and losing 0-2.The Linfield manager Healy has got the team scoring on the road, with 31 away goals in 14 league matches. Linfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larne two wins, four draws and Linfield four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Vertainen 15 goals |  L. Bonis 10 goals | P. O'Neill 10 goals |
Larne missing players
Linfield missing players
| Larne | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
