It's advantage Larne so far with their 2nd position in the Premiership table, welcoming Glentoran who are placed 7th.
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Larne nor Glentoran as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Larne form and stats
6-0-1 is the performance here at Inver Park so far in the Premiership, giving Larne a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Larne, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Larne's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Coleraine (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Crusaders that finished 3-3.
Larne are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Glenavon awaits in four days.
The Larne fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Larne are not conceding a lot of goals here at Inver Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Glentoran form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Glentoran playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Glentoran had fun at their own home (Inver Park) last time out, beating Carrick Rangers 1-0. Before that, Glentoran secured a home win against Portadown with the score 2-1.
The schedule is very tough for Glentoran now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Crusaders is waiting in only four days.
Glentoran are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As for defending, Glentoran rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran - Larne 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larne one win, one draw and Glentoran eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 7 goals |  J. Donnelly 6 goals | R. McDaid 6 goals |
Larne missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Larne | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 77% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 46% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.2 | 10.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 32% |
- Glentoran have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
- 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 at home.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Glentoran have scored away.
- Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Linfield | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 4 |