The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Portadown leading Knockbreda by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Portadown form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Shamrock Park as Portadown, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship, have scored 14 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Portadown manager M. Tipton and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Queen's University (placed 8th) in the Championship. Before that, Portadown had a home game versus Dergview which ended with a victory 2-0.
A case of two points dropped for Portadown in the Queen's University match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Portadown, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Queen's University. Fun stuff to watch!
The Portadown manager M. Tipton has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Defensively Portadown have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Knockbreda form and stats
There's been little loot from Knockbreda's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Knockbreda, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Knockbreda are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Ballinamallard United fixture. Bitter travels for Knockbreda as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Newry City AFC match.
Two away games in a row for Knockbreda, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 versus Dundela in the Championship. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Queen's University.
Knockbreda lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Knockbreda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Knockbreda are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Knockbreda - Portadown 0-5. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Portadown won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Knockbreda has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 1Portadown missing players
Knockbreda missing players
| Portadown | Knockbreda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 86% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 71% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 86% | 64% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 0.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 1.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Knockbreda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Knockbreda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Knockbreda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Knockbreda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portadown have scored more than double the goals of Knockbreda.
- Portadown have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 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 |