Another adrenaline-pumping fixture as Larne welcome Linfield

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Inver Park (1100 seats)

A total of 33 rounds of matches have gone by and both Larne and Linfield are doing great. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Larne have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (70) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Larne form and stats

Larne are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Inver Park. 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games. Larne has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

Larne drew their last game, also a home match. Linfield was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Crusaders.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Larne handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be noted that a glance at the 22 most recent league fixtures reveals that 18 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Larne fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively Larne have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 16 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Linfield form and stats

10-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Linfield in their Premiership matches away.

Linfield are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Larne.

Prior to that result Linfield won their away game at Coleraine. The scoreline was 1-0.

Highlight this: 9 of the last 11 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Linfield have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 17 away matches. It's not easy to score on Linfield as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Larne have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (0-4-0) when facing Linfield.

The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result Larne - Linfield 1-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

LinfieldE. Vertainen
E. Vertainen
17 goals
LarneL. Bonis
L. Bonis
15 goals
LarneP. O'Neill
P. O'Neill
13 goals

Larne missing players

Linfield missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Larne Linfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 3 19 37
25 12 3 Won W 1 11 22
8 5 1 Drew D 0 3 8
4 1 0 Lost L 2 5 7
64 32 8 Scored S 2 38 73
19 6 1 Conceded C 5 15 27
84% 78% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
68% 72% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 74% 70%
41% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 51%
19% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 26% 30%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 16%
24% 22% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 37% 32%
68% 72% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 47% 57%
24% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 26% 27%
 
5.9 6.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.2 5.8
3.3 3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.6 3.9
2.1 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 10.6 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 8.7 9.4
4.4 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 4.4 4.9
39% 43% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 40%
 
4.5 4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.7 7.1 7.6
1.7 1.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Larne have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premiership
  • Larne have the fewest conceded goals (5) 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 (15) in Premiership
  • Larne have the most clean sheets (13) at home in Premiership
  • Larne have the most clean sheets (25) in Premiership
  • Larne have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Premiership
  • 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 most scored goals (36) away in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (70) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+45) 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 Larne 33 22 7 4 57 18 16 11 4 1 29 5 17 11 3 3 28 13 39 73
2 Linfield 33 21 5 7 70 25 16 11 3 2 34 11 17 10 2 5 36 14 45 68
3 Cliftonville 33 20 6 7 61 41 16 12 3 1 36 13 17 8 3 6 25 28 20 66
4 Glentoran 33 20 4 9 68 24 16 11 1 4 37 9 17 9 3 5 31 15 44 64
5 Crusaders 33 18 8 7 65 37 17 14 2 1 45 12 16 4 6 6 20 25 28 62
6 Coleraine 33 17 7 9 53 30 17 10 4 3 30 14 16 7 3 6 23 16 23 58
7 Glenavon 33 11 8 14 50 57 17 7 3 7 30 33 16 4 5 7 20 24 -7 41
8 Carrick Rangers 33 11 4 18 41 65 17 7 2 8 25 32 16 4 2 10 16 33 -24 37
9 Ballymena United 33 9 5 19 30 49 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 3 1 12 11 29 -19 32
10 Newry City AFC 33 7 2 24 31 66 17 4 1 12 19 29 16 3 1 12 12 37 -35 23
11 Dungannon Swifts 33 7 2 24 22 76 16 5 1 10 12 28 17 2 1 14 10 48 -54 23
12 Portadown 33 4 4 25 23 83 16 3 3 10 14 35 17 1 1 15 9 48 -60 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Larne 33 22 7 4 57 18 16 11 4 1 29 5 17 11 3 3 28 13 39 73
2 Linfield 33 21 5 7 70 25 16 11 3 2 34 11 17 10 2 5 36 14 45 68
3 Cliftonville 33 20 6 7 61 41 16 12 3 1 36 13 17 8 3 6 25 28 20 66
4 Glentoran 33 20 4 9 68 24 16 11 1 4 37 9 17 9 3 5 31 15 44 64
5 Crusaders 33 18 8 7 65 37 17 14 2 1 45 12 16 4 6 6 20 25 28 62
6 Coleraine 33 17 7 9 53 30 17 10 4 3 30 14 16 7 3 6 23 16 23 58
7 Glenavon 33 11 8 14 50 57 17 7 3 7 30 33 16 4 5 7 20 24 -7 41
8 Carrick Rangers 33 11 4 18 41 65 17 7 2 8 25 32 16 4 2 10 16 33 -24 37
9 Ballymena United 33 9 5 19 30 49 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 3 1 12 11 29 -19 32
10 Newry City AFC 33 7 2 24 31 66 17 4 1 12 19 29 16 3 1 12 12 37 -35 23
11 Dungannon Swifts 33 7 2 24 22 76 16 5 1 10 12 28 17 2 1 14 10 48 -54 23
12 Portadown 33 4 4 25 23 83 16 3 3 10 14 35 17 1 1 15 9 48 -60 16

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