Betting preview: Coleraine vs Larne should be interesting

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (2496 seats)

Both these participants are in good shape, Larne having a 6 point lead on Coleraine in the standings. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Coleraine have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premiership
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Coleraine nor Larne as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Coleraine form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 15 Premiership games here at The Showgrounds for Coleraine. The data says 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

The spoils were shared in Coleraine's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ballymena United (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Before that, Coleraine had a home game versus Warrenpoint Town which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 Coleraine have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.

A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Coleraine have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.

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Larne form and stats

8-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Larne in their Premiership matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Larne, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Dungannon Swifts (placed 9th) last time out.

Before that, Larne secured a home win against Glentoran with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Larne in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Larne, two draws and four defeats.

As opposed to that, Larne have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Coleraine and Larne have duelled before this season: Coleraine - Larne 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Coleraine victories, two draws and two Larne wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ColeraineM. Shevlin
M. Shevlin
10 goals
LarneD. McDaid
D. McDaid
10 goals
LarneL. Lynch
L. Lynch
7 goals

Coleraine missing players

Larne missing players

Coleraine Larne
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 15 4 Played P 4 14 29
12 9 1 Won W 2 8 15
8 4 1 Drew D 0 1 5
8 2 2 Lost L 2 5 9
42 24 4 Scored S 5 28 52
23 7 4 Conceded C 3 19 32
82% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 76%
46% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 79% 62%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 31%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 17%
36% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 55%
54% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 31%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 17%
 
5.5 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.9 6.6
4.5 3.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.3 3.1
1.7 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.9 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 10.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.4 10.6
4.1 4.2 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 6.1 5.5
36% 38% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 32%
 
8 7 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 6.9 5.6
3 2.3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.6
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Coleraine have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premiership
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Larne 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 Glentoran 29 19 5 5 56 30 14 9 2 3 28 17 15 10 3 2 28 13 26 62
2 Cliftonville 29 18 7 4 48 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 13 5 6 2 19 13 24 61
3 Linfield 28 17 8 3 48 18 14 10 4 0 23 5 14 7 4 3 25 13 30 59
4 Larne 29 15 5 9 52 32 15 7 4 4 24 13 14 8 1 5 28 19 20 50
5 Crusaders 28 15 4 9 36 21 13 6 3 4 17 9 15 9 1 5 19 12 15 49
6 Coleraine 28 12 8 8 42 23 15 9 4 2 24 7 13 3 4 6 18 16 19 44
7 Ballymena United 28 12 4 12 33 39 14 8 3 3 23 16 14 4 1 9 10 23 -6 40
8 Glenavon 29 10 8 11 40 39 14 5 2 7 17 22 15 5 6 4 23 17 1 38
9 Dungannon Swifts 28 8 1 19 35 68 14 4 1 9 20 36 14 4 0 10 15 32 -33 25
10 Carrick Rangers 28 6 5 17 27 49 14 4 2 8 14 23 14 2 3 9 13 26 -22 23
11 Portadown 29 3 8 18 23 59 14 1 7 6 13 20 15 2 1 12 10 39 -36 17
12 Warrenpoint Town 29 3 3 23 24 62 14 2 0 12 15 38 15 1 3 11 9 24 -38 12