Glenavon will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Larne.
- Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. Thankfully the previous game, versus Coleraine, was also a home game here at Mourneview Park. The away team is better rested.
Glenavon form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Glenavon have to build on here at Mourneview Park in the Premiership.
Glenavon drew their last game, also a home match. Coleraine (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Glentoran.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Glenavon as they are travelling to their away game against Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
The Glenavon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Larne form and stats
Playing away, Larne have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premiership this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Larne are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Larne played 0-0 against Cliftonville in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Carrick Rangers with the score of 3-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Larne manager T. Lynch as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Coleraine.
Larne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. Larne have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Glenavon - Larne 1-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Glenavon-Larne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Glenavon one win, Larne eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 8 goals |  C. McCloskey 6 goals | M. O'Connor 6 goals |
Glenavon missing players
Larne missing players
| Glenavon | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 40 |
| 42 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 80% |
| 60% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 8% |
| 84% | 92% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 56% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 37% |
- Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premiership
- Glenavon have the most points from losing position (13) 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 | Linfield | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 38 | 57 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Larne | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 39 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 10 | Portadown | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -37 | 16 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -36 | 15 |