Another action-packed fixture in Premiership as Glenavon welcome Dungannon Swifts

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 29.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mourneview Park (9000 seats)

Welcome to Premiership and Glenavon - Dungannon Swifts. In this preview you'll find stats, results, analysis, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Glenavon is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premiership

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 Glenavon and Dungannon Swifts.

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Glenavon form and stats

6 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Glenavon have to build on here at Mourneview Park in the Premiership. The Glenavon fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Mourneview Park and will expect new points from this game. Glenavon has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Glenavon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Carrick Rangers's place. The match ended 6-3 with P. Campbell (2), A. Hall (3) and R. Garrett scoring. A very satisfying win for Glenavon against Carrick Rangers last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through A. Hall's goal in the 90th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? A. Hall was absolutely essential when Glenavon beat Carrick Rangers 6-3, scoring three goals.

Before that, Glenavon had a home game versus Warrenpoint Town which ended with a victory 4-0.

Glenavon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mourneview Park with 28 goals in 16 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Glenavon defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premiership, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-4-12 (17 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dungannon Swifts have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ballymena United game.

Dungannon Swifts play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Portadown. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Dungannon, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Ballymena United.

Goals are few and far between in Dungannon's away league games. Only 7 goals from 17 travels. Dungannon Swifts have conceded 39 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dungannon Swifts - Glenavon 0-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Glenavon won six, Dungannon Swifts won two and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GlenavonM. Fitzpatrick
M. Fitzpatrick
13 goals
GlenavonD. Purkis
D. Purkis
12 goals
GlenavonA. Hall
A. Hall
8 goals

Glenavon missing players

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Glenavon Dungannon Swifts
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
17 8 3 Won W 1 1 4
10 7 2 Drew D 0 4 4
10 3 1 Lost L 4 13 29
71 36 13 Scored S 3 9 21
64 28 7 Conceded C 14 43 82
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 89% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 81%
68% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 49%
46% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 27%
30% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 16%
78% 83% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 38%
19% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 11%
8% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.3 1.7
8 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.3 9.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 5.5 5.4
4.7 5.6 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.2 2.2
41% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 22% 26%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest points (7) away in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (46) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-54) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Glenavon have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
  • Glenavon have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Premiership
  • Glenavon have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Premiership
  • Glenavon have the most points from losing position (20) in Premiership
  • Glenavon is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 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 Linfield 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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