Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this The Oval clash with Warrenpoint Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premiership table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran have performed here at The Oval this season with 8 wins from 11 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Glentoran haven’t lost a game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Cliftonville, 98 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Oval.
The Glentoran goalkeeper Marijan Antolovic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 400 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
Glentoran are returning here after visiting Dungannon Swifts in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ballymena United in a game that was won 2-0.
Glentoran are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (28 goals in 11 games). Glentoran are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Oval in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Warrenpoint Town, who have the most conceded goals (69) in Premiership, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Crusaders with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Before that, Warrenpoint Town travelled to Glenavon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Warrenpoint Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Warrenpoint Town's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 12 matches. There are big problems for the Warrenpoint Town defense as they have conceded 37 goals in 12 away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Warrenpoint Town - Glentoran 0-4 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for Glentoran, 2 draws and 1 win for Warrenpoint Town. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  R. McDaid 13 goals |  H. Plum 11 goals |  P. O'Neill 8 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Warrenpoint Town missing players
| Glentoran | Warrenpoint Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 49 | 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | 69 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 45% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 13% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 30% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11.7 | 9.6 | 7.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 316 | 168 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 44 | 100 |
| 135 | 67 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 15 | 37 |
| 33% | 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 41% |
- Glentoran has the most points from losing position (17)
- 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 at home.
- Glentoran have scored more than double the goals of Warrenpoint Town.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glentoran is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- Warrenpoint Town has the most conceded goals (69)
- Warrenpoint Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
- Warrenpoint Town has the the worst goal difference (-33) away
- Warrenpoint Town has the the worst goal difference (-53)
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Warrenpoint Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Linfield | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 47 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 28 | 47 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 47 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 34 | 46 |
| 6 | Larne | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -16 | 27 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -41 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -36 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 37 | -53 | 13 |