The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Glenavon and Dungannon Swifts are placed 10th and 12th respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Glenavon form and stats
Glenavon's first Premiership home game here at Mourneview Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.
An away draw last time out for Glenavon, facing Glentoran in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Portadown with the scoreline 2-4.
Glenavon has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Dungannon Swifts had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 2, drew 3 and lost 10.
The attacking players of Dungannon have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Warrenpoint Town with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Larne wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
0 goals so far away for Dungannon Swifts, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Glenavon five wins, two draws and Dungannon Swifts three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Glenavon missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Glenavon | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Glenavon | Last season | Dungannon Swifts | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 71 | 20 | Conceded | C | 43 | 76 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 94% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 77% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 23% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 53% | 35% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 23% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 249 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 159 | ||
| 112 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 76 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Larne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Warrenpoint Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Cliftonville | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Portadown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Glentoran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Glenavon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 |