The Glentoran & Coleraine managers M. McDermott and O. Kearney are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Oval. 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. After failing to beat Crusaders here at The Oval, Glentoran has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The Glentoran supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Glenavon in Premiership and win 4-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Larne.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Glentoran played a great game against Glenavon and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Glentoran are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Oval in their league games, having scored an impressive 34 goals in 13 matches. Glentoran are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
Coleraine form and stats
Playing away, Coleraine have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season. Coleraine love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The Coleraine goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 250 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Coleraine won their last game, 1-0 versus Cliftonville played at home. Prior to that result Coleraine won their away game at Warrenpoint Town. The scoreline was 4-0.
The Coleraine manager O. Kearney has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Coleraine - Glentoran 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Glentoran victories, six draws and four Coleraine wins. six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McDaid 15 goals |  H. Plum 11 goals |  P. O'Neill 11 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Glentoran | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 58 | 34 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 28 | 55 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 78% |
| 63% | 77% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 48% |
| 41% | 46% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 54% | 44% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 15% | 19% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 41% |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 48% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 357 | 197 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 129 | 268 |
| 155 | 81 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 68 | 130 |
| 34% | 38% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 38% | 35% |
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Glentoran has the most points from losing position (20)
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 40 | 55 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 36 | 54 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 32 | 53 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 50 |
| 6 | Larne | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 48 | -24 | 31 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -47 | 22 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 27 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 40 | -57 | 16 |
| 12 | Institute | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -40 | 14 |