Premiership: Dungannon Swifts are 12 points short of Glenavon, but are motivated to go full throttle. Get this show on the road!
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Glenavon have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Dungannon Swifts have collected 13 points from their Premiership home games so far after 4-1-6. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stangmore Park after three straight home wins.
Dungannon Swifts haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 203 minutes ago. Knowles scored that one.
Dungannon Swifts faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ballymena United (0-2).
Ahead of that match, a home victory hosting Ards in the Irish Cup.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The manager Shiels will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Glentoran in only three days.
Dungannon Swifts aren't scoring a lot here at Stangmore Park in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Dungannon have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Glenavon form and stats
There's been little loot from Glenavon's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Glenavon only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Glenavon are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Home advantage was not enough for Glenavon in their previous game as they lost hosting Linfield, 1-6. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Linfield was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Crusaders.Observe that 11 of this club's 14 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cliftonville in just three days.
Glenavon has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Glenavon have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Dungannon Swifts - Glenavon 1-0 was the story when these squads formerly did battle, earlier this season. Dungannon Swifts-Glenavon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dungannon two wins, Glenavon six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fitzpatrick 10 goals | P. Campbell 5 goals |  J. Knowles 4 goals |
Dungannon Swifts missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Dungannon Swifts | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 38 |
| 50 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 40 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 78% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 43% | 18% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 76% |
| 35% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 57% |
| 22% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 26% | 18% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 61% | 55% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 16% | 17% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 37% | 36% |
| 9.4 | 7.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 5 |
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Glenavon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glenavon have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- Glenavon have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Glenavon 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 | Cliftonville | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Larne | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Linfield | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 43 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 35 | -35 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 35 | -49 | 5 |
