Football betting preview: Coleraine vs Linfield

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Coleraine will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Linfield.

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 Coleraine and Linfield.

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Coleraine form and stats

Coleraine have played 16 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Coleraine's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Crusaders. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Ballymena United.

The Coleraine fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Coleraine have conceded 21 goals.

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Linfield form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Premiership, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 2 draws and only 3 losses. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Linfield are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Linfield are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the Premiership against Cliftonville. A loss against Glenavon was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The travelling fans enjoy Linfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 17 away matches. It's not easy to score on Linfield as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Linfield - Coleraine 3-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Coleraine won 3, Linfield won 3 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Waterworth
17 goals
J. Stewart
9 goals
J. Callacher
9 goals

Coleraine missing players

Linfield missing players

Coleraine Linfield
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 17 Played 18 37
58 26 Scored 32 76
54 23 Conceded 9 26
95% 94% Over 0.5 94% 89%
78% 76% Over 1.5 67% 73%
62% 59% Over 2.5 33% 51%
35% 35% Over 3.5 17% 32%
22% 18% Over 4.5 17% 22%
62% 59% Both teams to score 28% 38%
24% 29% Clean Sheet 67% 57%
19% 18% Failed To Score 11% 16%
 
5.8 5.7 Corners For (avg) 6.4 6.4
5.1 5.4 Corners Against (avg) 4.1 4.2
1.9 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.6
4 3 Red Cards (total) 1 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Linfield 33 24 5 4 70 21 16 12 3 1 39 12 17 12 2 3 31 9 49 77
2 Ballymena United 33 21 5 7 74 42 16 11 3 2 38 18 17 10 2 5 36 24 32 68
3 Crusaders 33 20 4 9 65 44 16 11 2 3 33 20 17 9 2 6 32 24 21 64
4 Glenavon 33 17 9 7 60 40 17 9 4 4 32 20 16 8 5 3 28 20 20 60
5 Cliftonville 33 17 3 13 62 54 17 12 2 3 37 21 16 5 1 10 25 33 8 54
6 Coleraine 33 14 9 10 51 46 16 6 5 5 22 21 17 8 4 5 29 25 5 51
7 Glentoran 33 10 8 15 49 49 16 6 3 7 27 23 17 4 5 8 22 26 0 38
8 Institute 33 11 5 17 45 65 16 6 2 8 23 30 17 5 3 9 22 35 -20 38
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 9 15 37 56 17 7 4 6 20 27 16 2 5 9 17 29 -19 36
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 9 7 17 40 67 17 4 3 10 20 39 16 5 4 7 20 28 -27 34
11 Newry City 28 4 5 19 20 50 14 3 3 8 11 20 14 1 2 11 9 30 -30 17
11 Ards 33 4 7 22 27 58 17 3 4 10 17 26 16 1 3 12 10 32 -31 19
12 Newry City AFC 33 4 5 24 23 61 17 3 3 11 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 35 -38 17

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