Can Dungannon Swifts beat Glentoran in Stangmore Park clash?

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stangmore Park (5000 seats)

The visiting Glentoran side should be favourites in this visit to Dungannon Swifts, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

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 Swifts and Glentoran.

Dungannon Swifts have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premiership. For Glentoran most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts have collected 14 points from their Premiership home games so far after 4-2-5.

Dungannon Swifts haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 186 minutes ago. M. Carvill scored that one.

Dungannon Swifts lost their last game at Crusaders (placed 5th) after a 0-5 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Glenavon.

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

The Dungannon Swifts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dungannon Swifts with 25 goals conceded in these matches.

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Glentoran form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Glentoran as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Glentoran have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marijan Antolovic. It's been 310 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.

The supporters enjoyed Glentoran's previous game versus Ballymena United (placed 8th), a Premiership 2-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Linfield.

Glentoran has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Glentoran in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Glentoran - Dungannon Swifts 6-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Dungannon Swifts won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Glentoran has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranR. McDaid
R. McDaid
13 goals
GlentoranH. Plum
H. Plum
11 goals
GlentoranP. O'Neill
P. O'Neill
8 goals

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Glentoran missing players

Dungannon Swifts Glentoran
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
5 4 0 Won W 2 5 13
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
14 5 3 Lost L 0 3 4
25 16 1 Scored S 6 19 47
64 25 10 Conceded C 1 16 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 86%
82% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 64%
68% 64% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 45%
45% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
55% 73% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 64%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 27%
45% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
2.3 1.6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.1 5.7
3.9 1.4 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 5.3 4.7
1.8 1.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
93 23 0 Total Shots T S 50 137 305
46 12 0 Shots on Target S O 22 61 128
26% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 34%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dungannon Swifts has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals in the second half (43)
  • Dungannon Swifts has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Glentoran has the most points from losing position (17)
  • Glentoran have created more than twice as many corners as Dungannon Swifts.
  • Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Glentoran is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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 22 15 2 5 39 15 10 7 0 3 16 6 12 8 2 2 23 9 24 47
2 Linfield 21 14 2 5 43 16 10 8 1 1 27 7 11 6 1 4 16 9 27 44
3 Coleraine 23 12 8 3 48 22 12 7 5 0 26 8 11 5 3 3 22 14 26 44
4 Glentoran 22 13 5 4 47 25 11 8 2 1 28 9 11 5 3 3 19 16 22 44
5 Crusaders 23 12 7 4 53 23 12 7 2 3 28 12 11 5 5 1 25 11 30 43
6 Larne 22 8 8 6 39 22 11 2 6 3 21 13 11 6 2 3 18 9 17 32
7 Glenavon 22 8 3 11 35 50 12 6 3 3 21 15 10 2 0 8 14 35 -15 27
8 Ballymena United 23 7 5 11 30 36 11 4 3 4 17 16 12 3 2 7 13 20 -6 26
9 Carrick Rangers 22 8 1 13 28 32 11 4 0 7 14 17 11 4 1 6 14 15 -4 25
10 Dungannon Swifts 22 5 3 14 25 64 11 4 2 5 16 25 11 1 1 9 9 39 -39 18
11 Institute 23 2 7 14 18 51 12 1 2 9 8 31 11 1 5 5 10 20 -33 13
12 Warrenpoint Town 23 4 1 18 16 65 11 3 0 8 12 28 12 1 1 10 4 37 -49 13