Linfield looking for adventure and three points trip to Dungannon Swifts

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 24.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stangmore Park (5000 seats)

The visiting Linfield side are thought to be front runners at Dungannon Swifts, as the visitors own a 42 point lead from their 32 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (65) in Premiership

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts have collected 16 points from their Premiership home games so far after 5-1-9. Three consecutive losses here at Stangmore Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

A strong away win for Dungannon Swifts against Cliftonville the last match. A late climax in the match against Cliftonville as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Moore.

Ahead of that match, Dungannon Swifts lost 0-1 at home to Carrick Rangers.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Dungannon have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 8 from 9 games. 6 defeats by at least two goals.

It should be added that a glance at the 13 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dungannon Swifts here at Stangmore Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dungannon Swifts defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Linfield form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Linfield have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Chris Johns. It's been 389 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.

The supporters enjoyed Linfield's previous fixture versus Newry City AFC (placed 10th), a 7-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Linfield was very dominant against Newry City AFC, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with Cooper providing the goals.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Larne.

As mentioned earlier, Linfield will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 5 wins (3 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 0 surprising defeats.

Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The travelling fans enjoy Linfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 16 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Linfield have been victorious in every one of the 9 most recent battles versus this team. Will the streak continue?

Linfield - Dungannon Swifts 4-0 was the story when these sides previously met, earlier this season. Marron (Dungannon Swifts) was shown a red card when these teams met earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

LinfieldE. Vertainen
E. Vertainen
17 goals
LinfieldJ. Cooper
J. Cooper
11 goals
LinfieldR. McDaid
R. McDaid
6 goals

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Linfield missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dungannon Swifts Linfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 6 16 32
7 5 0 Won W 6 9 20
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
23 9 3 Lost L 0 5 7
22 12 0 Scored S 20 31 65
71 23 6 Conceded C 2 14 25
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
81% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
53% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 56%
31% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 31%
19% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 16%
28% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 31%
16% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 44% 56%
59% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 28%
 
3.3 4.1 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.1 5.9
5.3 5.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4
2.2 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.7 8.4 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.5 9.6
3.6 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.2 4.3 5.1
19% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 45% 40%
 
9.7 8.6 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 6.8 7.3
5.5 4.4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3
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 scored goals (12) at home in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (65) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Premiership

  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 32 22 6 4 57 18 16 11 4 1 29 5 16 11 2 3 28 13 39 72
2 Linfield 32 20 5 7 65 25 16 11 3 2 34 11 16 9 2 5 31 14 40 65
3 Cliftonville 32 19 6 7 59 40 16 12 3 1 36 13 16 7 3 6 23 27 19 63
4 Glentoran 32 19 4 9 63 23 15 10 1 4 32 8 17 9 3 5 31 15 40 61
5 Crusaders 32 17 8 7 62 37 16 13 2 1 42 12 16 4 6 6 20 25 25 59
6 Coleraine 32 17 6 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 30 14 16 7 3 6 23 16 23 57
7 Glenavon 32 10 8 14 49 57 17 7 3 7 30 33 15 3 5 7 19 24 -8 38
8 Carrick Rangers 32 11 4 17 41 62 17 7 2 8 25 32 15 4 2 9 16 30 -21 37
9 Ballymena United 32 9 5 18 30 48 16 6 4 6 19 19 16 3 1 12 11 29 -18 32
10 Newry City AFC 32 7 2 23 30 64 16 4 1 11 18 27 16 3 1 12 12 37 -34 23
11 Dungannon Swifts 32 7 2 23 22 71 15 5 1 9 12 23 17 2 1 14 10 48 -49 23
12 Portadown 32 4 4 24 22 78 16 3 3 10 14 35 16 1 1 14 8 43 -56 16

Table
  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 32 22 6 4 57 18 16 11 4 1 29 5 16 11 2 3 28 13 39 72
2 Linfield 32 20 5 7 65 25 16 11 3 2 34 11 16 9 2 5 31 14 40 65
3 Cliftonville 32 19 6 7 59 40 16 12 3 1 36 13 16 7 3 6 23 27 19 63
4 Glentoran 32 19 4 9 63 23 15 10 1 4 32 8 17 9 3 5 31 15 40 61
5 Crusaders 32 17 8 7 62 37 16 13 2 1 42 12 16 4 6 6 20 25 25 59
6 Coleraine 32 17 6 9 53 30 16 10 3 3 30 14 16 7 3 6 23 16 23 57
7 Glenavon 32 10 8 14 49 57 17 7 3 7 30 33 15 3 5 7 19 24 -8 38
8 Carrick Rangers 32 11 4 17 41 62 17 7 2 8 25 32 15 4 2 9 16 30 -21 37
9 Ballymena United 32 9 5 18 30 48 16 6 4 6 19 19 16 3 1 12 11 29 -18 32
10 Newry City AFC 32 7 2 23 30 64 16 4 1 11 18 27 16 3 1 12 12 37 -34 23
11 Dungannon Swifts 32 7 2 23 22 71 15 5 1 9 12 23 17 2 1 14 10 48 -49 23
12 Portadown 32 4 4 24 22 78 16 3 3 10 14 35 16 1 1 14 8 43 -56 16

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