After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Glenavon and Coleraine in this fresh Premiership season. Read our match preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Glenavon form and stats
Glenavon are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Premiership games here at Mourneview Park.
Glenavon drew their last game, also a home match. Dungannon Swifts (placed 11th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Glentoran the opponent.
Glenavon are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Ballymena United awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Glenavon's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Coleraine form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership so far for Coleraine and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 victories, 3 draws and 3 losses from 16 travels.
Coleraine go into this game after a win, the home game against Glentoran that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Portadown with the score of 3-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Coleraine manager O. Kearney as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Crusaders.
It's early days yet, but Coleraine has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Glenavon, four draws and three wins for Coleraine. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Glenavon missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Glenavon | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 24% |
- Coleraine has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Premiership
- Glenavon has the most conceded goals (4) at home in Premiership
| Glenavon | Last season | Coleraine | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 35 | 64 | ||
| 71 | 20 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 77% | ||
| 77% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | ||
| 23% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 39% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 23% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 249 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 149 | 297 | ||
| 112 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 144 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portadown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Glentoran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |