The visiting Loughgall side should be favourites in this visit to H&W Welders, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
H&W Welders have less rest than Loughgall in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Ards, so at least H&W Welders are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
H&W Welders form and stats
H&W Welders have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for H&W Welders in their previous game, a Championship match away at Ards (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, H&W Welders played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Newry City AFC.
H&W Welders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Blanchflower Stadium with 18 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the H&W Welders defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Loughgall form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (28) away in Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Championship.
Loughgall go into this game after a win, the home game against Knockbreda that ended 4-0. A 1-1 draw at Dundela's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, Loughgall was the only team on the pitch versus Knockbreda in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Loughgall create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 31 goals in 12 travels. Loughgall have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Loughgall - H&W Welders 4-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): H&W Welders won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Loughgall has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5H&W Welders missing players
Loughgall missing players
| H&W Welders | Loughgall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 44 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 31 | 50 |
| 52 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 34 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 76% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 92% | 72% |
| 48% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 36% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 64% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 56% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 28% |
| 24% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 28% |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 39 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 192% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 300% | 159% |
- All of H&W Welders's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Loughgall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- H&W Welders has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- H&W Welders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- H&W Welders have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- H&W Welders haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Loughgall has the most points (28) away
- Loughgall has the most scored goals (31) away
- Loughgall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Loughgall have created more than twice as many corners as H&W Welders.
- Loughgall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Loughgall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Loughgall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 32 | 56 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 62 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 34 | 51 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Dundela | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 39 |
| 5 | Newry City AFC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 6 | Ards | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Queen's University | 25 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | H&W Welders | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 31 |
| 10 | PSNI | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 37 | -50 | 20 |
| 11 | Dergview | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 35 | -44 | 16 |