Struggling Dungannon Swifts will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Coleraine in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premiership
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 Dungannon and Coleraine.
Relegation threatens Dungannon Swifts who should definitely be looking for some points here. Coleraine are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Dungannon Swifts's results here at Stangmore Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats. The home stadium (Stangmore Park) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Dungannon it's been a house of straw as the last six games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around? Dungannon has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager K. Lindsay and the players.
Dungannon Swifts lost their last game at Warrenpoint Town (placed 9th) after a 1-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Glentoran that was lost 0-1.
Dungannon Swifts aren't scoring a lot here at Stangmore Park in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Dungannon have conceded 18 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Coleraine form and stats
5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coleraine, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away. Things are running smoothly for Coleraine who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dungannon Swifts.
B. Doherty (2) scored in Coleraine's previous match, the home game against Portadown that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Warrenpoint Town.
Coleraine are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Coleraine as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Coleraine - Dungannon Swifts 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dungannon Swifts two wins, zero draws and Coleraine eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 9 goals | J. McLaughlin 5 goals | C. Allen 5 goals |
Dungannon Swifts missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Dungannon Swifts | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 43 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 80% | 89% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 81% |
| 55% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 38% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 38% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 7.3 | 8.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 47% | 36% |
- Coleraine have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (43) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dungannon Swifts is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -31 | 12 |