The visiting Dundela side should be favourites in this visit to H&W Welders, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Irish League Cup game only four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
H&W Welders form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for H&W Welders at their home stadium (Tillysburn Park) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for H&W Welders in their previous game, a Championship match away at Dergview (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Ballinamallard United.
The H&W Welders fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, H&W Welders have conceded 8 goals.
Dundela form and stats
Dundela, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Championship, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Dundela failed to get anything from their last game, a Irish League Cup home match vs Coleraine that ended with defeat 1-5. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Knockbreda in the Championship.
Dundela lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dundela as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. The Dundela manager B. McCarroll has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dundela - H&W Welders 3-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): H&W Welders won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Dundela has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3H&W Welders missing players
Dundela missing players
| H&W Welders | Dundela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 32 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 29% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of H&W Welders's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dundela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dundela have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- H&W Welders have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- H&W Welders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Loughgall | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Ballinamallard United | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Dundela | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Ards | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Newry City AFC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Queen's University | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | H&W Welders | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | PSNI | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 11 | Dergview | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 6 |