The Larne & Linfield managers T. Lynch and D. Healy are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Linfield have the most scored goals (71) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Larne and Linfield.
Larne form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Larne have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.
Larne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Portadown's place. The match ended 2-1 with R. Hale and A. Mitchell scoring. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Carrick Rangers.
A decent goal production from Larne in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Larne have conceded only 13 goals.
Linfield form and stats
Playing away, Linfield, who have the most scored goals (71) in Premiership, have won 8 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premiership this season. Linfield has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing from J. Stewart (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Coleraine in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Dungannon Swifts with the score of 2-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Linfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. In the opposite end, Linfield have conceded 21 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Linfield - Larne 2-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Larne, one draw and seven wins for Linfield. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Lavery 20 goals | A. Waterworth 13 goals | J. Stewart 12 goals |
Larne missing players
Linfield missing players
| Larne | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 47 | 24 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 24 | 71 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 29 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 67% |
| 21% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 55% | 47% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 79% | 53% |
| 31% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 43% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 9.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 39% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 47% | 51% |
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Linfield have the most clean sheets (13) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most points (25) away in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals (71) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+42) in Premiership
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Linfield is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 42 | 66 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 54 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Larne | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 26 |
| 10 | Portadown | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -30 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 37 | -42 | 18 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 35 | -49 | 15 |