Larne are pursuing the top table places while Newry City AFC are more involved in avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams have had time to rest since their last match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!
Larne form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Premiership games here at Inver Park for Larne. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Larne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Glenavon's place. The match ended 1-0.
Preceding that match was the home game against Coleraine that was lost 0-2.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Larne have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 6 games found in the database showing 6 Larne wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
It should be noted that a look at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Larne can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 19 times. From these home matches, Larne have conceded only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Newry City AFC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newry City AFC so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Newry as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Newry City AFC have a lot to to set right after their unexpected loss (1-3) to Portadown in their previous game, played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cliftonville wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Nobody expects Newry City AFC to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won 13, draw 5 and lost 2. When defeated, 0 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
For Newry City AFC, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Newry has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Newry City AFC - Larne 0-2 was the outcome when this pair of participants formerly did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. O'Neill 10 goals | L. Bonis 8 goals | L. Millar 7 goals |
Larne missing players
Newry City AFC missing players
| Larne | Newry City AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 38 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 67% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 6 | 5.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.4 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 37% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.7 | 13.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 7.7 | 6.6 |
- All of Newry City AFC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newry City AFC have scored away.
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Newry City AFC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Newry City AFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Linfield | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 15 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | -34 | 7 |
| 12 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -38 | 4 |
