Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Limavady United & Dungannon Swifts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dungannon Swifts could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Linfield, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dungannon Swifts.
Limavady United form and stats
Limavady have reached this Irish League Cup stage through battling and winning against Larne. Last season, Limavady's Irish League Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.In their previous game, the manager A. Law led his Limavady United to a defeat in the Irish League Cup match away at Larne. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Showgrounds. As you see from the result above, Limavady suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Ahead of that match, Limavady lost 1-4 at home to Crusaders.Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Armagh City in order to reach 3rd round of Irish League Cup. Dungannon was sent out of Irish League Cup in the 3rd round last season.1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dungannon Swifts playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Dungannon's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Dungannon lost away at Linfield (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Carrick Rangers in the Premiership.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Cliftonville.
The Dungannon Swifts manager D. Shiels has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. The Dungannon defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Limavady victory, two draws and four Dungannon Swifts wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mayse 5 goals | C. McGinty 2 goals | R. Campbell 2 goals |
Limavady United missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Limavady United | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 50 | 34 | Conceded | C | 25 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 79% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | Linfield | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Larne | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 5 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -20 | 3 |