Coleraine have journeyed here for an entertaining battle versus the hosts Linfield. Read up on the match with this thorough Premiership preview!
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 Linfield and Coleraine.
Linfield form and stats
Linfield have only played one Premiership game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2 matches.
It's back home for Linfield, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ballyclare Comrades away with the result 4-0. As mentioned above, Linfield "killed" Ballyclare Comrades in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premiership match versus Portadown with a 3-2 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Linfield handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and three defeats.
At Windsor Park, Linfield has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Coleraine form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Coleraine are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Coleraine have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gareth Deane. It's been 189 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
It's the second away game in a row for Coleraine, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Bangor in the Irish League Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Coleraine was the only team on the pitch versus Bangor in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dungannon Swifts at their stadium, the result 5-0.We have checked recent matches where Coleraine have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, four draws and four defeats.
Coleraine are a potent attacking force on the road with their 11 goals in 4 league games. Coleraine's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these sides: Linfield won three, Coleraine were winners in three and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 4 goals |   M. Shevlin 4 goals | A. Traynor 2 goals |
Linfield missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Linfield | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | 44% |
| Linfield | Last season | Coleraine | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 83 | 53 | Scored | S | 30 | 57 | ||
| 38 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 63% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 42% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 11% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 58% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 37% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 50% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| 4 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 60 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 54 |