The odds favour Larne in this match vs Portadown, but the away side will fight to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (14) 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 Portadown.
Larne form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Larne at their home stadium (Inver Park) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Game days at Inver Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Larne as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
A good away victory last time out for Larne, who won 3-0 against Warrenpoint Town (placed 12th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Cliftonville that was lost 0-1.The Larne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 10 from 12 matches.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-1-9 (12 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Portadown have lost on their last two travels.
The manager Tipton was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Shamrock Park. Portadown suffered a 0-1 loss to Crusaders (placed 4th).
Prior to that match, the Portadown manager Tipton faced defeat when travelling to Dungannon Swifts and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Portadown's match history for similar games we find nine matches. The home team won seven of these as expected, seven of them by at least two goals. Portadown managed two draws and zero surprise wins.
Portadown are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 10 goals from 12 away games. The attacking power of Portadown when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Portadown's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 31 goals in 12 travels.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the final score Portadown - Larne 2-2 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larne five wins, four draws and Portadown one victory. As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 10 goals | L. Lynch 6 goals |  M. Randall 4 goals |
Larne missing players
Portadown missing players
| Larne | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 42 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 31 | 50 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 71% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 58% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 54% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.1 | 11.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 30% | 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 6.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 11.8 | 10.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
- 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 have the most conceded goals (31) away in Premiership
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premiership
- Portadown have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premiership
- Portadown haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Larne | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 41 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -29 | 22 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 20 |
| 11 | Portadown | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -36 | 8 |
