The standings reveals that 26 points split the two duelists in this Premiership fixture. Larne own both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Larne have the most clean sheets (16) in Premiership
- Glenavon have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Premiership
This has all the signs of an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Larne form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Inver Park as Larne have scored 23 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson not having conceded a league goal in 375 minutes.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw against Linfield in the Irish Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Before that, Larne played out a Premiership draw 0-0 when visiting Newry City AFC.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Larne home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Larne as they are travelling to their away game against Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Larne in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Larne have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Glenavon form and stats
There's been little loot from Glenavon's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Premiership. Glenavon only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Irish Cup home defeat versus H&W Welders with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Carrick Rangers that ended 1-1.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this side's 17 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
A quick return to home after this game, as Glenavon are hosting Crusaders in the Premiership only four days away.
Glenavon has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. In the opposite end, Glenavon have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Larne have avoided a loss in the last 13 fixtures (11-2-0) against Glenavon.Oddly enough, Glenavon have scored at least one goal in every league fixture they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's opposition; the Glenavon - Larne 0-1 game seven rounds ago.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fitzpatrick 11 goals |  L. Bonis 10 goals | P. O'Neill 10 goals |
Larne missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Larne | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 42 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 41 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 84% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 64% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 83% |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 24% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 54% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 33% |
| 24% | 17% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 79% |
| 64% | 75% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 17% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.7 | 11.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 34% | 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | 9.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
- Glenavon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glenavon have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Premiership
- Glenavon have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Premiership
- Glenavon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Larne have the most clean sheets (16) in Premiership
- Larne have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premiership
- Larne have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premiership
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
