Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Portadown & Glentoran face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Portadown form and stats
Portadown's struggle is real here at Shamrock Park with only 5 points collected from 12 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-9.
Portadown played out an unexpected loss 1-6 against Linfield in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans. As you see from the result above, Portadown suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Larne.The lack of attacking qualities in Portadown means that they have only scored {5 goals} in 12 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Portadown are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 12 played).
Glentoran form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
222 minutes! That's how long the Glentoran goalkeeper Aaron McCarey and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Glentoran had fun at their own home (Shamrock Park) last time out, beating Crusaders 2-0.
That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership.Glentoran have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran have put together a sequence of 13 consecutive matches without defeat (10-3-0) when playing Portadown.Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 9 goals | J. Donnelly 8 goals | S. McCartan 5 goals |
Portadown missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Portadown | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 61 | 28 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 |
