National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Coleraine or Glentoran that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Coleraine nor Glentoran as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Coleraine form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Coleraine have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. The Coleraine fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Showgrounds and will expect new points from this game. Coleraine has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Coleraine, as their goalkeeper Gareth Deane has completely shut out the opponents for 294 minutes in the Premiership.
Coleraine drew their last game, 0-0 away at Carrick Rangers.
Before that, Coleraine had a Premiership home game versus Portadown which ended with a victory 2-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dungannon Swifts are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Coleraine have only let in 0 goals at home.
Glentoran form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premiership.
Impressive finishing from C. McMenamin and P. McClean secured the home win 2-1 against Warrenpoint Town in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Larne that ended 1-1.A new game in only four days for Glentoran, the Premiership home match versus Ballymena United. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Glentoran's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Coleraine won four games, six matches ended with a draw and Glentoran got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 9 goals |  M. Shevlin 8 goals | C. McMenamin 7 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Coleraine | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 8.9 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Linfield | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -21 | 3 |