Premiership match preview: Dungannon Swifts versus Glenavon

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Tue 30.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stangmore Park (5000 seats)

Dungannon Swifts hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 12th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Glenavon holds 8th place with 36 pts.

Insights:
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premiership
  • Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership

It's no vacation for neither Dungannon Swifts nor Glenavon 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.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts's struggle is real here at Stangmore Park with only 9 points collected from 13 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-0-10.

Dungannon Swifts lost their last game at Ballymena United (placed 6th) after a 1-5 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Crusaders.

Dungannon were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dungannon, as the Premiership home game vs Linfield is only four days away.

Dungannon have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Dungannon have conceded 25 from these games.

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Glenavon form and stats

The visitors are W6-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Glenavon are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Glenavon's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Larne that finished 2-2. A draw for Glenavon before that, at their own venue hosting Coleraine (1-1).

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Coleraine.

Glenavon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Glenavon's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dungannon Swifts - Glenavon 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Dungannon won two, Glenavon won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GlenavonM. Fitzpatrick
M. Fitzpatrick
7 goals
GlenavonC. McCloskey
C. McCloskey
6 goals
GlenavonM. O'Connor
M. O'Connor
6 goals

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Glenavon missing players

Dungannon Swifts Glenavon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
4 3 2 Won W 3 6 9
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 9
19 10 2 Lost L 1 5 8
17 11 6 Scored S 9 19 40
57 25 9 Conceded C 9 21 44
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
54% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 62%
27% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 31%
19% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 15% 19%
42% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 85%
15% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 12%
50% 46% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3.1 2.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 3 7 8
 
5.4 5.1 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.9 8.3
2.2 2.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 4.1
30% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 41% 38%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (17) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-40) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Glenavon have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
  • Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership
  • Glenavon have the most points from losing position (14) 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 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