The Glentoran & Larne managers M. McDermott and T. Lynch are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Glentoran and Larne.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Premiership, have performed here at The Oval this season with 10 wins from 15 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. The last three games played by Glentoran, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Before that, Glentoran played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Coleraine.
The Glentoran manager M. McDermott has got the team scoring with 32 from 15 home games in the league. Glentoran have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Larne form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Warrenpoint Town.
Larne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 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. 16 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Larne - Glentoran 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Glentoran, two draws and one win for Larne. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 16 goals | R. McDaid 12 goals |  D. McDaid 10 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Larne missing players
| Glentoran | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 56 | 32 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 53 |
| 27 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 91% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 72% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 44% | 47% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 53% |
| 31% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 12% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 9% |
| 47% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 53% |
| 41% | 53% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 31% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8 | 8.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 42% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 38% |
- 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 (27) in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals (16) away 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 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 43 | 70 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 29 | 57 |
| 4 | Larne | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 55 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 50 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 10 | Portadown | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -28 | 24 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 39 | -44 | 20 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 39 | -52 | 16 |