4th place in the Premiership table for Coleraine so far this season, a good showing. The match-going ticketholders hope for more fun as 6th-placed Glentoran visit The Showgrounds.
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an energetic match!
Coleraine form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 13 Premiership games here at The Showgrounds for Coleraine. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Coleraine, as their goalkeeper Gareth Deane has completely shut out the opponents for 213 minutes in the Premiership.
The Coleraine boss Kearney and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Cliftonville in the Irish Cup.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Dungannon Swifts.It should be added that a peek at the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Coleraine as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Newry City AFC are visiting.
The Coleraine fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 13 league matches. Coleraine are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Showgrounds in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Glentoran form and stats
6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Glentoran playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Glentoran goalkeeper Aaron McCarey is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Glentoran, whose boss McAree could celebrate last time after the Irish Cup win against Portadown.
Before that, Glentoran secured a home win against Crusaders with the score 2-0.Observe: 16 of the last 21 league fixtures involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
After this away game Glentoran return home for a Premiership game against Linfield. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Glentoran have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Glentoran are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier this season: Coleraine - Glentoran 0-0. The referee showed his red card when these teams last met, and the culprit was McClean (Glentoran). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Coleraine wins - draws - Glentoran wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 19 goals |  C. McMenamin 9 goals | J. Donnelly 8 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Coleraine | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 44 |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 91% |
| 73% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 58% | 65% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 31% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 58% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 58% | 57% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 8.9 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 40% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 38% |
| 7.8 | 7.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
