The league table in Premiership Development League tells a story about these teams so far, with Dungannon Swifts U20 leading Larne U20 by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership Development League. That game was also an away game, at Crusaders U20. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dungannon Swifts U20 form and stats
4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership Development League numbers at home for Dungannon Swifts U20 so far this season.
Dungannon Swifts U20's previous game was a Premiership Development League match also played at home, ending 6-0 versus Cliftonville U20 (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Linfield U20 with a 2-0 scoreline.
As mentioned above, Dungannon Swifts U20 "killed" Cliftonville U20 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Dungannon Swifts U20 is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 5 league matches. Dungannon Swifts U20 have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Larne U20 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Larne U20, who have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premiership Development League, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Larne U20 seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Larne U20, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 versus Crusaders U20 in the Premiership Development League. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ballymena United U20.
Larne U20 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Larne U20 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. There are big problems for the Larne U20 defense as they have conceded 22 goals in 7 away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Larne U20 - Dungannon Swifts U20 0-5.Dungannon Swifts U20 missing players
Larne U20 missing players
| Dungannon Swifts U20 | Larne U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 32 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 50% | 80% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Dungannon Swifts U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Larne U20's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have scored more than double the goals of Larne U20.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne U20 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Larne U20 have created more than twice as many corners as Dungannon Swifts U20.
- Larne U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Larne U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 U20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 27 |
| 5 | Glentoran U20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Coleraine U20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 8 | Ballymena United U20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 9 | Glenavon U20 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -17 | 12 |
| 10 | Larne U20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -31 | 9 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 12 | Institute U20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -19 | 7 |