Linfield cannot bank on any favours from hosts Glentoran in this Premiership fixture. Here's your comprehensive guide!
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Linfield is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premiership
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Glentoran and Linfield should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Glentoran form and stats
6-0-1 is the performance here at The Oval so far in the Premiership, giving Glentoran a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!
Glentoran are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Cliftonville.
Heartbreak before that as Glentoran lost 2-3 at Crusaders's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Glentoran have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 0 and lost 3.
It should be added that a peek at the 15 latest league fixtures shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Glentoran are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 games). Glentoran have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Linfield form and stats
Linfield's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Linfield collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the Premiership. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). It’s been three wins in a row for Linfield on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
McStravick, Palmer, Vertainen and McKee scored in Linfield's previous match, the home game against Dungannon Swifts that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Linfield was very dominant against Dungannon Swifts, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with McStravick, Palmer, Vertainen and McKee providing the goals.
Before that, 1-1 away against Kelty Hearts (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the Challenge Cup. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Linfield in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Linfield, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Linfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Linfield as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Linfield - Glentoran 0-3. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Glentoran won four, Linfield triumphed in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 9 goals |  E. Vertainen 7 goals | R. McDaid 6 goals |
Glentoran missing players
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| Glentoran | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 84% |
| 59% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 74% |
| 53% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 29% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 37% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 24% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 37% |
| 65% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 67% | 58% |
| 24% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 21% |
| 6.4 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 38% | 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 39% | 35% |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
- 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 (3) at home in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premiership
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Glentoran is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Premiership
- Linfield is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | Larne | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Linfield | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | -45 | 4 |
