The visiting Portadown side should be favourites in this visit to Dergview, as the away team holds a 40 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Dergview have had a bad season and will be relegated from Championship.
Dergview form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Dergview have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games. With Dergview having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager I. Sproule.
Dergview are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 237 minutes since the last one in league fixtures.
Dergview lost their last game at Ballyclare Comrades (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Ballinamallard United.
The Dergview fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship, have an excellent away record in the Championship so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games. Momentum is building for Portadown in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Portadown's last game was the home draw against Ballinamallard United (3-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at H&W Welders.
It looked so good for Portadown vs Ballinamallard United, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Portadown, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The Portadown manager M. Tipton has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Portadown in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Portadown - Dergview 2-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 1 - 0 - 7 (Dergview wins - draws - Portadown wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Dergview missing players
Portadown missing players
| Dergview | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | 57 |
| 34 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 80% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 60% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 32% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 48% |
| 5% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 48% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 50 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 27 |
| 188% | 250% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 128% | 130% |
- All of Dergview's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dergview has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Dergview has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Dergview have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dergview haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dergview is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Portadown has the fewest conceded goals (23)
- Portadown has the most clean sheets (12)
- Portadown has the most points from losing position (11)
- Portadown has the most scored goals in the second half (37)
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portadown have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portadown have scored more than double the goals of Dergview.
- Portadown is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portadown | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 34 | 56 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 34 | 50 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Newry City AFC | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 5 | Dundela | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | Ards | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Queen's University | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | H&W Welders | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | PSNI | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 37 | -49 | 20 |
| 11 | Dergview | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 16 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -40 | 16 |