Evenly matched teams: Portadown U20 vs Linfield U20 match preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership Development League
Competition: Mon 15.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

Finally! The Premiership Development League season debut for these participants, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Portadown U20 or Linfield U20 get that very important first victory?

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 Portadown and Linfield U20.

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Portadown U20 form and stats

The previous season, Portadown U20's league stats were 12 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, resulting in 7th position in the Premiership Development League. During these 33 matches they scored 58 goals and let in 67. Playing as the host team in the last season Portadown U20 managed 7-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 32 conceded.

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Linfield U20 form and stats

Let's have a look at how Linfield U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 70 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 26/33 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Portadown U20 victories, one draw and one Linfield U20 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Portadown U20 missing players

Linfield U20 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portadown U20 Linfield U20
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 25%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 2 2
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Portadown U20 Last season Linfield U20
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   16 33
12 7   Won W   7 16
8 3   Drew D   1 3
13 6   Lost L   8 14
58 36   Scored S   26 68
67 32   Conceded C   33 70
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
85% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 88%
73% 81%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 79%
55% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 45%
27% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 39%
58% 50%   BTTS BTTS   62% 70%
24% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 18%
21% 25%   Failed to Score F T   19% 15%
 
4.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 4.8
4.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.7
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.9 14   Shots (avg) S (   10 12.1
4.7 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.8
38% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 38%
 
12.7 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.2
5.4 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ballymena United U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Carrick Rangers U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cliftonville U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Coleraine U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crusaders U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dungannon Swifts U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Glenavon U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Glentoran U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Larne U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Linfield U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Newry City U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Portadown U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 33 20 9 4 68 33 18 11 6 1 37 15 15 9 3 3 31 18 35 69
2 Cliftonville U20 33 16 6 11 80 68 16 8 4 4 43 26 17 8 2 7 37 42 12 54
3 Ballymena United U20 33 16 5 12 66 59 16 12 1 3 44 25 17 4 4 9 22 34 7 53
4 Dungannon Swifts U20 33 15 6 12 74 59 16 10 1 5 45 29 17 5 5 7 29 30 15 51
5 Linfield U20 33 16 3 14 68 70 17 9 2 6 42 37 16 7 1 8 26 33 -2 51
6 Carrick Rangers U20 33 13 6 14 56 64 16 8 3 5 27 21 17 5 3 9 29 43 -8 45
7 Portadown U20 33 12 8 13 58 67 16 7 3 6 36 32 17 5 5 7 22 35 -9 44
8 Glenavon U20 33 12 6 15 80 72 17 11 3 3 54 27 16 1 3 12 26 45 8 42
9 Glentoran U20 33 12 4 17 70 76 17 8 3 6 40 28 16 4 1 11 30 48 -6 40
10 Coleraine U20 33 12 4 17 61 67 17 7 2 8 35 35 16 5 2 9 26 32 -6 40
11 Larne U20 33 10 8 15 46 59 16 5 5 6 26 23 17 5 3 9 20 36 -13 38
12 Warrenpoint Town U20 33 8 7 18 46 79 16 4 3 9 17 29 17 4 4 9 29 50 -33 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ballymena United U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Carrick Rangers U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cliftonville U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Coleraine U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crusaders U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dungannon Swifts U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Glenavon U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Glentoran U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Larne U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Linfield U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Newry City U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Portadown U20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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