The Coleraine & Larne managers O. Kearney and T. Lynch are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
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.
Coleraine form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 14 Premiership games here at The Showgrounds for Coleraine. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In general it's been a long time since Coleraine tasted defeat here at The Showgrounds, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Coleraine faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cliftonville (1-2). Before that, Coleraine played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Glenavon.
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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Coleraine as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Glenavon are visiting.
The Coleraine fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 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 12 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Larne form and stats
5-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Larne in their Premiership matches away.
Larne has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Glenavon for a Premiership game that ended a draw (2-2). A draw for Larne before that, at their own venue hosting Cliftonville (0-0).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Larne in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Larne, three draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Larne, the Premiership home match versus Carrick Rangers. Busy days.
Larne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Larne - Coleraine 1-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Coleraine wins - draws - Larne wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 12 goals |  D. McDaid 9 goals | R. Hale 6 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Larne missing players
| Coleraine | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 40 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 21 | 42 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 81% |
| 42% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 12% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 42% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 23% | 21% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 32% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 38% |
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 39 | 60 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 48 |
| 4 | Larne | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 39 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 26 |
| 10 | Portadown | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -24 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -37 | 17 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 32 | -40 | 15 |