Premiership game tips and match guide for the Glentoran vs Larne battle

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Oval (26556 seats)

More points have been won by Glentoran so far, with the 3rd position in the Premiership table and hosting Larne (who are sitting at 5th).

Insights:
  • Glentoran have the most scored goals (64) in Premiership
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Glentoran nor Larne as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Glentoran form and stats

Glentoran are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Oval. 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Two home wins in a row for Glentoran bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Glentoran last time playing, versus Larne. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Glenavon.

This is expected to be a close game, with Glentoran perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Glentoran as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Glentoran has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 16 games), Glentoran's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Larne form and stats

8-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Larne in their Premiership matches away.

Larne play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Glentoran.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Coleraine.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Larne in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Larne, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Larne's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Larne have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads met earlier this campaign; Glentoran - Larne 0-0. Glentoran-Larne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Glentoran three wins, Larne three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranJ. Donnelly
J. Donnelly
26 goals
GlentoranC. McMenamin
C. McMenamin
21 goals
LarneD. McDaid
D. McDaid
12 goals

Glentoran missing players

Larne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Glentoran Larne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 21 6 Played P 6 21 40
23 12 5 Won W 1 9 18
8 3 1 Drew D 2 6 11
9 6 0 Lost L 3 6 11
71 38 16 Scored S 4 32 63
44 26 4 Conceded C 6 23 40
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 90%
80% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 72%
57% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 52%
28% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 25%
15% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
52% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 52%
35% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 35%
15% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 22%
 
5.1 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 5.8
4.6 4.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4 3.6
1.3 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.6 11.6 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.6 9.8
4.6 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 5 5
38% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 31%
 
7.2 6.3 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 6.6 5.9
3 2.7 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3 2.6
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Glentoran have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most points from losing position (17) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most scored goals (34) at home in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most scored goals (64) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Premiership
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 33 22 8 3 62 22 16 12 4 0 31 7 17 10 4 3 31 15 40 74
2 Cliftonville 33 22 7 4 54 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 17 9 6 2 25 13 30 73
3 Glentoran 33 21 6 6 64 34 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 11 4 2 30 14 30 69
4 Crusaders 33 19 4 10 47 28 16 9 3 4 22 11 17 10 1 6 25 17 19 61
5 Larne 33 15 8 10 56 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 16 8 3 5 30 21 18 53
6 Coleraine 33 13 9 11 50 32 17 9 5 3 27 11 16 4 4 8 23 21 18 48
7 Glenavon 33 12 9 12 46 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 17 6 7 4 27 20 2 45
8 Ballymena United 33 13 5 15 38 46 16 8 4 4 24 19 17 5 1 11 14 27 -8 44
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 1 23 40 81 17 4 1 12 22 42 16 5 0 11 18 39 -41 28
10 Carrick Rangers 33 6 7 20 33 62 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 2 3 11 15 34 -29 25
11 Portadown 33 5 9 19 28 63 17 3 7 7 16 22 16 2 2 12 12 41 -35 24
12 Warrenpoint Town 33 3 3 27 30 74 17 2 0 15 20 48 16 1 3 12 10 26 -44 12

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 33 22 8 3 62 22 16 12 4 0 31 7 17 10 4 3 31 15 40 74
2 Cliftonville 33 22 7 4 54 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 17 9 6 2 25 13 30 73
3 Glentoran 33 21 6 6 64 34 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 11 4 2 30 14 30 69
4 Crusaders 33 19 4 10 47 28 16 9 3 4 22 11 17 10 1 6 25 17 19 61
5 Larne 33 15 8 10 56 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 16 8 3 5 30 21 18 53
6 Coleraine 33 13 9 11 50 32 17 9 5 3 27 11 16 4 4 8 23 21 18 48
7 Glenavon 33 12 9 12 46 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 17 6 7 4 27 20 2 45
8 Ballymena United 33 13 5 15 38 46 16 8 4 4 24 19 17 5 1 11 14 27 -8 44
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 1 23 40 81 17 4 1 12 22 42 16 5 0 11 18 39 -41 28
10 Carrick Rangers 33 6 7 20 33 62 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 2 3 11 15 34 -29 25
11 Portadown 33 5 9 19 28 63 17 3 7 7 16 22 16 2 2 12 12 41 -35 24
12 Warrenpoint Town 33 3 3 27 30 74 17 2 0 15 20 48 16 1 3 12 10 26 -44 12

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