It's early days in the Premiership and both Glentoran and Larne are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Glentoran form and stats
A Premiership draw at home so far for Glentoran. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 16 matches.
Glentoran faced defeat in their previous match, away at Coleraine (1-2). In the match before that, Glentoran hosted Glenavon and drew the game 1-1.
The manager M. McDermott will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Linfield in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Glentoran at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Larne form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership so far for Larne and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 victories, 2 draws and 4 losses from 15 travels.
Larne had fun at their own home (The Oval) last time out, beating Ballymena United 2-0. D. McDaid (2) scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Carrick Rangers.
The schedule is very tough for Larne now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Warrenpoint Town is waiting in only three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Larne has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Glentoran nine wins, zero draws and Larne one victory. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Glentoran missing players
Larne missing players
| Glentoran | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 35% |
| Glentoran | Last season | Larne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 34 | Scored | S | 27 | 59 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 87% | ||
| 84% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 71% | ||
| 58% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | ||
| 39% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 10% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 19% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 45% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 399 | 231 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 267 | ||
| 172 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 78 | 152 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portadown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Glentoran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 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 |