National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Coleraine or Warrenpoint Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Coleraine and Warrenpoint Town.
Coleraine form and stats
Coleraine are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Showgrounds. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Irish League Cup for Coleraine.
Coleraine faced defeat in their previous match, away at Glenavon (0-1).
Before that game, the home loss against Linfield with the scoreline 1-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Coleraine as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Crusaders are visiting.
Coleraine have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Showgrounds with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Coleraine have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
Warrenpoint Town's mission in Irish League Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Warrenpoint Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Irish League Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Linfield in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Larne's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Warrenpoint are hosting Portadown in the Premiership only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Warrenpoint Town's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. Warrenpoint struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Coleraine won eight, Warrenpoint Town triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 9 goals | C. McKendry 4 goals | E. Bradley 3 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Warrenpoint Town missing players
| Coleraine | Warrenpoint Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 27 | 57 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 43% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -29 | 7 |