There has been no shortage of loss and gain for these two contenders so far, occupying positions near the midpoint of the Premiership Development League table. Here's the Larne U20 - Linfield U20 latest:
- Larne U20 have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premiership Development League
- Linfield U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Larne U20 and Linfield U20 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Larne U20 form and stats
4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership Development League numbers at home for Larne U20 so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Larne to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Larne U20 in their previous match, an away game at Portadown U20 that ended in defeat 0-3.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Warrenpoint Town U20 (1-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Larne U20 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost three.
The Larne U20 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Linfield U20 form and stats
The visitors are W5-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership Development League.
Linfield U20 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Ballymena United U20 (placed 2nd).
A loss against Warrenpoint Town U20 was the result prior to that, in a home game.Linfield U20 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. Linfield U20 have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Linfield U20 - Larne 1-2 was the product when this pair of squads formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Larne U20 wins - draws - Linfield U20 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Larne U20 missing players
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| Larne U20 | Linfield U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 44 |
| 37 | 14 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 25 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 61% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 81% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 65% | 64% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 71% |
| 17% | 18% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 19% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.4 | 13.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 39% |
| 12.3 | 11.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.4 | 11.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
- Larne U20 have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premiership Development League
- Larne U20 have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premiership Development League
- Larne U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders U20 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Larne U20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 32 |
| 6 | Glenavon U20 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 31 |
| 7 | Linfield U20 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -6 | 31 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 36 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Portadown U20 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | -13 | 28 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 39 | -19 | 20 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 37 | -33 | 19 |
