Home advantage could prove decisive in Limavady United - Portstewart battle

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Competition: Ireland Republic Premier Intermediate League
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (1500 seats)

It's a brand new Premier Intermediate League campaign and Limavady United are eager to get competitive here at The Showgrounds. Portstewart are coming to town and this looks to be a captivating season launch.

Insights:
  • Limavady United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Portstewart have created more than twice as many corners as Limavady United.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Limavady United and Portstewart.

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Limavady United form and stats

Last season, Limavady United's league results were 4 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 11th spot in the Premier Intermediate League. From these 22 matches they scored {29 goals} and gave away 47. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Limavady United generated 1-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 26 conceded.

Limavady United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Limavady scored {1 goals} and let in {7 goals} during these three games.

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Portstewart form and stats

Let's have a look at how Portstewart performed last season in the Premier Intermediate League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 8/23 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Portstewart as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Portstewart have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Portstewart has scored {2 goals} and conceded 8 times.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Limavady United - Portstewart 3-1, played this season.

Limavady United missing players

Portstewart missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Limavady United Portstewart
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 4 0 Scored S 0 5 8
6 3 0 Conceded C 0 6 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
60% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
40% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
80% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 33%
20% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5.5
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
60% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 62% 62%
 
8 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 7.5
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Key stats in Premier Intermediate League this season:
  • Limavady United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Limavady United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Limavady United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portstewart have created more than twice as many corners as Limavady United.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Armagh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ballymacash Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbridge Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dollingstown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Limavady United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Moyola Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portstewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 PSNI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Queen's University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tobermore United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dergview 10 8 1 1 22 5 5 4 0 1 8 2 5 4 1 0 14 3 17 25
2 Limavady United 10 4 2 4 16 15 5 1 1 3 6 9 5 3 1 1 10 6 1 14
3 Loughgall 10 3 4 3 17 13 5 0 3 2 6 9 5 3 1 1 11 4 4 13
4 Knockbreda 10 3 3 4 13 18 5 2 1 2 8 10 5 1 2 2 5 8 -5 12
5 Ballyclare Comrades 10 3 2 5 18 21 5 1 1 3 9 12 5 2 1 2 9 9 -3 11
6 PSNI 10 2 2 6 12 26 5 0 1 4 3 16 5 2 1 2 9 10 -14 8
Last season 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 22 15 4 3 42 21 11 10 0 1 21 7 11 5 4 2 21 14 21 49
2 Dundela 22 12 3 7 38 28 11 5 3 3 21 15 11 7 0 4 17 13 10 39
3 Bangor 22 10 7 5 43 33 11 4 6 1 19 13 11 6 1 4 24 20 10 37
4 Ballyclare Comrades 22 10 6 6 28 17 11 5 2 4 10 6 11 5 4 2 18 11 11 36
5 Tobermore United 22 10 5 7 41 32 12 5 2 5 25 21 10 5 3 2 16 11 9 35
6 Carrick Rangers 22 10 3 9 34 30 11 6 1 4 19 9 11 4 2 5 15 21 4 33
7 Banbridge Town 22 10 2 10 38 38 11 4 1 6 19 22 11 6 1 4 19 16 0 32
8 Ards 22 8 3 11 32 28 11 5 0 6 19 14 11 3 3 5 13 14 4 27
9 H&W Welders 21 6 8 7 19 24 11 4 6 1 14 10 10 2 2 6 5 14 -5 26
10 Coagh United 21 6 6 9 24 35 10 4 3 3 14 13 11 2 3 6 10 22 -11 24
11 Lurgan Celtic 22 5 3 14 22 44 11 4 1 6 15 16 11 1 2 8 7 28 -22 18
12 Portstewart 22 1 6 15 19 50 10 0 3 7 11 27 12 1 3 8 8 23 -31 9

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Armagh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ballymacash Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbridge Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dollingstown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Limavady United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Moyola Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portstewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 PSNI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Queen's University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tobermore United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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