Premiership: High-level against below average, at least that's what the table says. Larne - Dungannon Swifts. Home victory or a shock?
- Larne have the most scored goals (33) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
The hosts Larne saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the County Antrim Shield. That game was an away game at Dundela, so at least Larne are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Larne form and stats
Larne have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Larne has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Inver Park. We remember; it was Glentoran.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Larne are returning here after guesting Dundela in a County Antrim Shield game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premiership match versus Portadown with a 5-0 scoreline.Larne are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Inver Park with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 5 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Larne has won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Larne has won by at least two goals 4 times when in this position.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There will be little rest for Larne after this match as they are travelling to Linfield for a Premiership game in only four days.
Larne are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Inver Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Larne have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Playing away, Dungannon Swifts have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premiership this season. With the Dungannon losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Dungannon Swifts are looking to quickly end their 238 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Dungannon Swifts failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cliftonville (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Larne's place.Dungannon are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 6 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Of the defeats, 5 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Take note: 9 of the last 11 league games featuring this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The attacking power of Dungannon Swifts when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. There are big problems for the Dungannon Swifts defense as they have conceded 25 goals in 7 away games. Dungannon Swifts has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played earlier this season: Larne - Dungannon Swifts 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larne eight wins, one draw and Dungannon Swifts one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 8 goals | P. O'Neill 8 goals | L. Millar 7 goals |
Larne missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Larne | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 33 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | 39 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 47% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 40% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | 27% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 27% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 12.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 5 | 6.9 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 17% | 13% |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.6 | 9.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dungannon Swifts have lost all their away matches so far.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (25) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have not yet lost a game at home.
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premiership
- Larne have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premiership
- Larne have the most scored goals (33) in Premiership
- Larne have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Premiership
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Larne is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Linfield | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -32 | 4 |
| 12 | Portadown | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | -36 | 1 |
