Get ready for a show! The main roles are Larne and Linfield, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the duration.
- Larne have not yet lost a game at home.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Larne form and stats
Larne are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Inver Park. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Larne are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Ballymena United.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Warrenpoint Town.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Larne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.
The Larne fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 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 7 from 9 matches.
Linfield form and stats
Linfield have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. Linfield has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Linfield delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Warrenpoint Town (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Premiership game.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Coleraine with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Linfield playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Linfield wins, two draws and four defeats.
After this away game Linfield return home for a Premiership game against Ballymena United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Linfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Linfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Larne - Linfield 1-1, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Larne won three, Linfield triumphed in four and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 13 goals |   D. McDaid 7 goals | L. Lynch 6 goals |
Larne missing players
Linfield missing players
| Larne | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 61% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| 33% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 59% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 12.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 29% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 70% | 53% |
| 6.2 | 5 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
- Larne have not yet lost a game at home.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+22) 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 | Cliftonville | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -29 | 7 |