A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Larne fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Portadown's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portadown is in the worst form (0-2-4)
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 Portadown.
Larne form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Inver Park as Larne have scored 16 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Larne have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Larne's previous game, also at home. Visiting Warrenpoint Town (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Glenavon with a 4-1 scoreline.
Everyone expects Larne to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 22 games: 18 home wins, three draws and one defeat. Larne have won with at least two goals margin 16 times in similar situations.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Larne as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Dungannon Swifts are visiting.
Larne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Inver Park with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Larne have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Portadown form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portadown, who have the most conceded goals (23) away in Premiership, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Coleraine (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Linfield wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Nobody expects Portadown to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 34 times before, with the overall statistics of won nine, draw ten and lost 15. When defeated, eight matches have been lost by two or more goals.
After this away game Portadown return home for a Premiership game against Cliftonville. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Portadown have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. Portadown are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 11 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Larne wins - draws - Portadown wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 7 goals | R. Hale 4 goals | J. McMurray 3 goals |
Larne missing players
Portadown missing players
| Larne | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 81% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 71% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 36% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 44% | 29% |
| 62% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 50% |
| 31% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 12% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 46% | 42% |
- All of Portadown's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portadown has the most conceded goals (23) away in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Premiership
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portadown haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portadown is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Larne | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -23 | 11 |
| 11 | Portadown | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 10 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -20 | 7 |