Coleraine and Glentoran are both riding high in the Premiership with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Coleraine form and stats
33 points is a decent return from 16 Premiership games here at The Showgrounds for Coleraine. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The Coleraine fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Showgrounds and will expect new points from this game. Coleraine has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Before that match, a win away at Warrenpoint Town.
The Coleraine fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 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 12 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Glentoran form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Premiership, have produced an overall stat of 6-4-5 so far.
Before that, Glentoran secured a home win against Dungannon Swifts with the score 2-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Glentoran manager M. McDermott as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cliftonville.
Glentoran has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Glentoran in these games.
Head 2 Head
Coleraine and Glentoran have met before this season: Glentoran - Coleraine 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Coleraine won four games, six matches ended with a draw and Glentoran has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 16 goals |  B. Doherty 12 goals | R. McDaid 11 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Coleraine | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 47 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 55 |
| 30 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 81% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| 45% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 13% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 13% |
| 45% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | 47% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 40% |
| 23% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 8.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 38% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 32% | 37% |
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Premiership
- Glentoran 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 | Linfield | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 42 | 67 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 58 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 56 |
| 4 | Larne | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -25 | 27 |
| 10 | Portadown | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -27 | 24 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 39 | -44 | 19 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 38 | -52 | 15 |