Glenavon vs Linfield match preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mourneview Park (9000 seats)

Glenavon will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Linfield.

Insights:
  • Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (74) in Premiership

Glenavon have less rest than Linfield in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Warrenpoint Town.

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Glenavon form and stats

When playing at home in the Premiership, Glenavon have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. Glenavon has recorded two wins in a row here at Mourneview Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Crusaders (1-6).

A goal frenzy last time out for Glenavon, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Warrenpoint Town. Fun stuff to watch!

The Glenavon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Linfield form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (74) in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Linfield go into this game after a win, the home game against Ballymena United that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Larne.

Linfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Linfield in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Glenavon - Linfield 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Glenavon won three games, one match ended with a draw and Linfield has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

LinfieldS. Lavery
S. Lavery
21 goals
LinfieldA. Waterworth
A. Waterworth
14 goals
LinfieldJ. Stewart
J. Stewart
12 goals

Glenavon missing players

Linfield missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Glenavon Linfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 15 32
13 5 1 Won W 3 8 22
10 7 3 Drew D 0 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 6
53 25 10 Scored S 11 25 74
55 25 12 Conceded C 10 22 31
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
88% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 91%
62% 60% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 66%
38% 40% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 27% 31%
25% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 13% 22%
78% 87% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 56%
19% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 41%
9% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.5 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.4
8 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.8 9.1 6.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 8.3 9.5
4.3 5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.4
38% 33% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 47% 52%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Glenavon have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premiership
  • Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Linfield have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Linfield have the most clean sheets (13) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most points (26) away in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (74) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+43) in Premiership
  • Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 22 4 6 74 31 17 14 2 1 49 9 15 8 2 5 25 22 43 70
2 Coleraine 32 17 8 7 48 31 17 10 4 3 24 13 15 7 4 4 24 18 17 59
3 Glentoran 31 16 9 6 56 27 15 10 4 1 32 9 16 6 5 5 24 18 29 57
4 Larne 31 15 10 6 53 30 17 9 5 3 30 14 14 6 5 3 23 16 23 55
5 Cliftonville 31 15 8 8 50 33 15 11 2 2 32 15 16 4 6 6 18 18 17 53
6 Crusaders 32 15 5 12 57 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 16 6 3 7 24 22 17 50
7 Ballymena United 32 13 7 12 49 38 16 6 4 6 23 20 16 7 3 6 26 18 11 46
8 Glenavon 31 12 10 9 49 52 15 5 7 3 25 25 16 7 3 6 24 27 -3 46
9 Warrenpoint Town 31 6 9 16 28 58 14 2 6 6 15 22 17 4 3 10 13 36 -30 27
10 Portadown 31 6 6 19 35 63 16 3 3 10 17 25 15 3 3 9 18 38 -28 24
11 Carrick Rangers 32 4 8 20 28 72 16 2 5 9 20 33 16 2 3 11 8 39 -44 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 32 4 4 24 18 70 15 3 0 12 11 31 17 1 4 12 7 39 -52 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 32 22 4 6 74 31 17 14 2 1 49 9 15 8 2 5 25 22 43 70
2 Coleraine 32 17 8 7 48 31 17 10 4 3 24 13 15 7 4 4 24 18 17 59
3 Glentoran 31 16 9 6 56 27 15 10 4 1 32 9 16 6 5 5 24 18 29 57
4 Larne 31 15 10 6 53 30 17 9 5 3 30 14 14 6 5 3 23 16 23 55
5 Cliftonville 31 15 8 8 50 33 15 11 2 2 32 15 16 4 6 6 18 18 17 53
6 Crusaders 32 15 5 12 57 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 16 6 3 7 24 22 17 50
7 Ballymena United 32 13 7 12 49 38 16 6 4 6 23 20 16 7 3 6 26 18 11 46
8 Glenavon 31 12 10 9 49 52 15 5 7 3 25 25 16 7 3 6 24 27 -3 46
9 Warrenpoint Town 31 6 9 16 28 58 14 2 6 6 15 22 17 4 3 10 13 36 -30 27
10 Portadown 31 6 6 19 35 63 16 3 3 10 17 25 15 3 3 9 18 38 -28 24
11 Carrick Rangers 32 4 8 20 28 72 16 2 5 9 20 33 16 2 3 11 8 39 -44 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 32 4 4 24 18 70 15 3 0 12 11 31 17 1 4 12 7 39 -52 16

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