Carrying a 30 point lead in the league table, Coleraine club members wish to see their gladiators collect max points from this match hosting Newry City AFC.
- Coleraine is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Coleraine nor Newry City AFC 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
Coleraine have performed here at The Showgrounds this season with 8 wins from 13 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. Coleraine has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).
Coleraine drew their last game, also a home match. Glentoran (placed 6th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Shevlin felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Glentoran as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 21st minute.
In the fixture before, 2-2 away to Cliftonville (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties) (Irish Cup). The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Coleraine home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Coleraine are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Crusaders awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Coleraine have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-1-10 (13 played).
Newry City AFC aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 312 league minutes without a goal. Teelan was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Newry in their previous game as they lost hosting Carrick Rangers, 0-2.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Larne.You'll want to know how Newry City AFC managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dungannon Swifts in just three days.
The attacking power of Newry when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Newry City AFC, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Newry City AFC - Coleraine 1-2 was the story when this pair of squads last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Coleraine three wins, one draw and Newry City AFC one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 20 goals |  D. Hughes 5 goals | J. Teelan 5 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Newry City AFC missing players
| Coleraine | Newry City AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 48 | 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | 49 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 74% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 85% |
| 48% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 58% |
| 33% | 43% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 15% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 37% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 38% |
| 56% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 69% | 54% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.7 | 8.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 36% |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newry City AFC have scored away.
- Coleraine have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Premiership
- Coleraine is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Newry City AFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Larne | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 52 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 52 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 17 | 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 | Carrick Rangers | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 28 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -24 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 27 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 44 | -46 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
