Football betting preview: Glentoran favourites when Glenavon visits

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Oval (26556 seats)

Glentoran have performed better than Glenavon so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Premiership
  • Glenavon have the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Glentoran form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Oval as Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Premiership, have scored 20 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Glentoran as they are travelling to their away game against Warrenpoint Town in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.

Glentoran can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Glentoran are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Glenavon form and stats

6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Glenavon in their Premiership matches away.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Coleraine in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Glenavon's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. Glenavon struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Glenavon - Glentoran 2-1. Glentoran-Glenavon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Glentoran two wins, Glenavon three wins, five draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranJ. Donnelly
J. Donnelly
11 goals
GlentoranR. McDaid
R. McDaid
10 goals
GlenavonC. McCloskey
C. McCloskey
6 goals

Glentoran missing players

Glenavon missing players

Glentoran Glenavon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 10 2 Played P 2 12 23
11 6 1 Won W 0 6 9
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 7
6 1 1 Lost L 2 4 7
39 20 1 Scored S 1 18 36
20 6 2 Conceded C 4 18 38
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 91%
39% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 61%
26% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 26%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 22%
43% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 83%
39% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 13%
26% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 8% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 7 8
 
9.8 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.1 8.7
4.9 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 4.3
35% 40% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 40% 37%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Glenavon have the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
  • Glenavon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 at home.
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home 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 25 17 3 5 63 25 15 12 2 1 45 7 10 5 1 4 18 18 38 54
2 Coleraine 23 14 4 5 37 22 13 8 2 3 20 12 10 6 2 2 17 10 15 46
3 Larne 24 12 7 5 40 24 13 7 3 3 21 13 11 5 4 2 19 11 16 43
4 Glentoran 23 11 6 6 39 20 10 6 3 1 20 6 13 5 3 5 19 14 19 39
5 Crusaders 24 12 3 9 43 30 13 8 1 4 24 13 11 4 2 5 19 17 13 39
6 Cliftonville 25 11 6 8 36 29 13 9 2 2 27 14 12 2 4 6 9 15 7 39
7 Ballymena United 24 10 5 9 33 26 11 3 3 5 12 15 13 7 2 4 21 11 7 35
8 Glenavon 23 9 7 7 36 38 11 3 5 3 18 20 12 6 2 4 18 18 -2 34
9 Warrenpoint Town 23 6 6 11 23 40 9 2 4 3 11 11 14 4 2 8 12 29 -17 24
10 Portadown 22 3 6 13 25 47 10 1 3 6 11 18 12 2 3 7 14 29 -22 15
11 Carrick Rangers 23 3 4 16 20 58 12 1 2 9 12 27 11 2 2 7 8 31 -38 13
12 Dungannon Swifts 23 3 3 17 14 50 11 2 0 9 9 23 12 1 3 8 5 27 -36 12