National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Linfield or Warrenpoint Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Linfield form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Linfield have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Coleraine last time out and are looking for a win here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Glentoran and winning 2-1.Linfield are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Cliftonville awaits in three days.
Linfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Windsor Park with 19 goals in 11 league matches.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Warrenpoint Town have produced an overall stat of 3-4-2 so far.
Warrenpoint Town have a lot to remedy after their surprise defeat (0-1) to Ballyclare Comrades in their previous outing, played at home.
Ahead of that match was the Championship away draw versus Institute that ended 1-1.Warrenpoint have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Championship game versus Newington Youth. A hard diary for the visiting team!
Warrenpoint Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Linfield have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Warrenpoint Town.Top Goalscorers
  E. Vertainen 8 goals | R. McDaid 6 goals | J. Cooper 5 goals |
Linfield missing players
Warrenpoint Town missing players
| Linfield | Warrenpoint Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | ||
| 8.5 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | Linfield | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 42 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Dundela | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Ards | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Ballyclare Comrades | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Institute | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ballinamallard United | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 9 | Newington Youth | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | H&W Welders | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Knockbreda | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | Dergview | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 15 |
