Larne vs Dungannon Swifts match preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Inver Park (3000 seats)

Larne and Dungannon Swifts have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premiership.

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.

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Larne form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Larne's two home games in the Premiership so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Inver Park.

Larne are returning here after visiting Institute in a Premiership game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Larne lost 1-2 at Glentoran's place.

At Inver Park, Larne has the goal stats of 8-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Three has not been a lucky number for Dungannon Swifts as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Dergview match. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Dungannon Swifts have lost on their last two travels.

The manager K. Lindsay was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Inver Park. Dungannon Swifts suffered a 0-4 loss to Cliftonville (placed 3rd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coleraine wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

Dungannon Swifts find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Dungannon Swifts can't defend away. 10 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 3 Larne victories, 1 draw and 3 Dungannon Swifts wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. McMurray
5 goals
M. Donnelly
4 goals
M. Randall
3 goals

Larne missing players

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Larne Dungannon Swifts
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs mid Away Total
6 2 0 Played 0 3 7
3 1 0 Won 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost 0 2 3
17 8 0 Scored 0 3 10
10 4 0 Conceded 0 10 18
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 67% 71%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 67% 29%
83% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 33% 57%
17% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score 0% 67% 43%
 
5.2 9 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1.7 2.2
3.5 2.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.3 4.8
1.7 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.3 3
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Dungannon Swifts's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Larne's home matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Larne have created more than twice as many corners as Dungannon Swifts.
  • Larne have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Larne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Larne
All Irish League Cup Premiership Championship Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-08-19 PR Larne 2 - 4 Ballymena United
24-08-19 PR Crusaders 2 - 2 Larne
27-08-19 ILC Larne 3 - 0 Lisburn Distillery
07-09-19 PR Glentoran 2 - 1 Larne
14-09-19 PR Institute 1 - 4 Larne
21-09-19 PR Larne 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
28-09-19 PR Coleraine 14:00 Larne
04-10-19 PR Larne 18:45 Glenavon
08-10-19 ILC Larne 18:45 Dundela
12-10-19 PR Cliftonville 14:00 Larne
Dungannon Swifts
All Irish League Cup Premiership Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-08-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 2 - 1 Glenavon
27-08-19 ILC Dungannon Swifts 2 - 0 Dergview
31-08-19 PR Crusaders 3 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
07-09-19 PR Coleraine 5 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
14-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 0 - 4 Cliftonville
21-09-19 PR Larne 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
28-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 14:00 Carrick Rangers
05-10-19 PR Warrenpoint Town 14:00 Dungannon Swifts
12-10-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 14:00 Linfield
19-10-19 PR Carrick Rangers 14:00 Dungannon Swifts

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crusaders 7 6 1 0 23 4 5 4 1 0 15 4 2 2 0 0 8 0 19 19
2 Coleraine 7 3 4 0 17 6 3 1 2 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 11 5 11 13
3 Cliftonville 7 4 1 2 14 6 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 3 1 0 11 2 8 13
4 Ballymena United 6 3 2 1 13 7 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 7 4 6 11
5 Glentoran 7 3 2 2 12 9 3 2 1 0 8 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 11
6 Larne 6 3 1 2 17 10 2 1 0 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 9 6 7 10
7 Dungannon Swifts 7 3 1 3 10 18 4 2 1 1 7 8 3 1 0 2 3 10 -8 10
8 Linfield 4 3 0 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 9
9 Carrick Rangers 6 2 0 4 6 7 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 -1 6
10 Glenavon 6 1 1 4 7 13 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 0 0 3 4 8 -6 4
11 Institute 7 0 1 6 4 22 4 0 0 4 3 15 3 0 1 2 1 7 -18 1
12 Warrenpoint Town 6 0 0 6 1 24 2 0 0 2 1 8 4 0 0 4 0 16 -23 0

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