Larne will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Coleraine.
Larne and Coleraine 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.
Larne are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.
Larne form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Larne are 2-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Inver Park, but a victory now would be sweet for Larne.
Happy days for Larne in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Glenavon (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Linfield.
The Larne manager T. Lynch has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. 9 goals have been conceded.
Coleraine form and stats
5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coleraine in their Premiership matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Coleraine have lost on their last two travels.
Coleraine delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Glentoran (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. Prior to that result Coleraine won their away game at Linfield in the Irish League Cup. The scoreline was 3-0.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Glentoran. Coleraine were trailing 0-2 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with A. Jarvis scoring the equalizer.
The Coleraine manager O. Kearney has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 9 league matches. Coleraine have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Coleraine - Larne 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Larne 0 wins, 1 draw and Coleraine 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 9 goals |  J. McLaughlin 9 goals |   M. Donnelly 8 goals |
Larne missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Larne | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 43 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 84% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 28% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 173 | 86 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 81 | 199 |
| 95 | 45 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 38 | 95 |
| 36% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | 39% |
- All of Coleraine's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine 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 | Linfield | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 39 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | Larne | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 17 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -28 | 17 |
| 11 | Institute | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 36 | -46 | 9 |