Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Larne & Limavady United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Larne have less rest than Limavady United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Inver Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Limavady United have had more rest.
Larne form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.As mentioned below, Larne are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premiership games. Ever since the Coleraine game Larne has been unbeatable here at Inver Park producing four straight wins.
Larne's last game was hosting Warrenpoint Town and winning 3-0.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Portadown.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Larne as they are travelling to their away game against Crusaders in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
At Inver Park, Larne has the goal stats of 7-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Limavady United form and stats
Limavady United was sent out of Irish League Cup in the 3rd round last season.Home advantage was not enough for Limavady in their previous game, as they lost their Irish League Cup-match, hosting Crusaders, 1-4.
The game before that, in the Irish League Cup, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Crusaders.Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Larne won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Limavady United managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Lynch 3 goals | D. Jarvis 1 goals | K. Balmer 1 goals |
Larne missing players
Limavady United missing players
| Larne | Limavady United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 14 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 52 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 200% | 85% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |