Premiership: We're previewing an action-packed and vital match between Dungannon Swifts and Newry City AFC at Stangmore Park. Both need the points!
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This should be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Dungannon Swifts's results here at Stangmore Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. When Dungannon Swifts hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Glenavon, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts), they have won 2 of 2 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stangmore Park.
In their previous game, the manager Shiels led his Dungannon Swifts to a defeat away at Linfield. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stangmore Park. 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.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Carrick Rangers in a game that was won 4-1.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 16 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Dungannon Swifts aren't scoring a lot here at Stangmore Park in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. Dungannon Swifts has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Newry City AFC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newry City AFC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-8 (win-draw-lose). When Newry City AFC is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Glenavon, Newry City AFC and Portadown is teams we like to compare Dungannon Swifts with. Bitter travels for Newry as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Portadown match.
Newry City AFC are travelling again after losing away to Larne in their previous match (0-2).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Portadown.Stats flash: 12 of the last 15 league matches involving this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Glenavon in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Newry City AFC as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Newry City AFC, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Newry City AFC is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Glenavon, Newry and Portadown.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the records show this recent match: Newry City AFC - Dungannon Swifts 1-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (Dungannon Swifts wins - draws - Newry City AFC wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Campbell 4 goals |  D. Hughes 4 goals | J. Teelan 4 goals |
Dungannon Swifts missing players
Newry City AFC missing players
| Dungannon Swifts | Newry City AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 48 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 63% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 37% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 16% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 37% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 70% | 53% |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 9.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 17% | 17% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 39% | 39% |
| 9.4 | 7.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.7 | 13.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
- All of Newry City AFC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Newry City AFC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Newry City AFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Linfield | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | -45 | 4 |
