Season ticket holders at Newforge Lane haven’t seen too many victories this season, with PSNI languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Dundela will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
PSNI form and stats
With 3 Championship wins, 0 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, PSNI, who have the most conceded goals (94) in Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for PSNI in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Queen's University game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for PSNI with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Dergview game, 38 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Knockbreda.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for PSNI as they are travelling to their away game against Loughgall in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
PSNI are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as PSNI have let the opposition score 42 times, an average of more than three per game.
Dundela form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on B. McCarroll, the Dundela manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Dundela have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 185 minutes ago. E. McCawl was the goal scorer.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Newry City AFC.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portadown in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dundela as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dundela have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
PSNI - Dundela 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (PSNI wins - draws - Dundela wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.PSNI missing players
Dundela missing players
| PSNI | Dundela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 38 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 39 |
| 94 | 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 90% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 70% |
| 83% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 47% |
| 69% | 77% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 40% |
| 48% | 46% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 20% |
| 59% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 29% | 43% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| 38% | 46% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 43% | 33% |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 38 | 123 |
| 23 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 48 |
| 91% | 92% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 54% |
- Dundela has the fewest scored goals (12) away
- Dundela has the most matches under the total-line (6)
- Dundela have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- PSNI has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- PSNI has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- PSNI has the most conceded goals (94)
- PSNI has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
- PSNI has the the worst goal difference (-56)
- PSNI have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- PSNI have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- PSNI haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PSNI is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 66 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 60 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 24 | 59 |
| 4 | Ards | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Newry City AFC | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 48 |
| 6 | Dundela | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 43 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | H&W Welders | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 35 |
| 9 | Queen's University | 31 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 59 | 69 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 37 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Dergview | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | PSNI | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 94 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 52 | -56 | 23 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 42 | -52 | 22 |