Glentoran will want to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The team playing at home are currently 10 points behind Larne.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
- Larne have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premiership
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
Glentoran have performed here at The Oval this season with 6 wins from 8 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. It's trouble wherever Glentoran are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Glentoran are returning here after visiting Moyola Park in a Irish Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ballymena United in the Premiership.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 17 most recent league matches reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Goals decide football matches and Glentoran are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Glentoran have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Larne form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Premiership.
The followers enjoyed Larne's previous fixture versus Crumlin United, a Irish Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cliftonville's place.Stats flash: 13 of the last 17 league fixtures involving this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
A quick return to home after this game, as Larne are hosting Linfield in the County Antrim Shield only three days away.
Larne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran - Larne 4-0 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. 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
  P. O'Neill 10 goals |  C. McMenamin 9 goals | L. Bonis 9 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Larne missing players
| Glentoran | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 39 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 63% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 71% |
| 53% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 26% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 26% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 57% |
| 26% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 10.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 35% | 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 30% | 37% |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
- 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 have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premiership
- Larne 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 | Cliftonville | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 48 |
| 2 | Larne | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Linfield | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 5 |
