Linfield are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture versus Dungannon Swifts, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Linfield is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (29) away in Premiership
This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Linfield form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Linfield have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
The Linfield boss Healy and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Kelty Hearts in the Challenge Cup.
Before that, Linfield had a Premiership home game versus Carrick Rangers which ended with a victory 3-1.The Linfield fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Playing away, Dungannon Swifts have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 9 defeats in the Premiership this season. Bitter travels for Dungannon as they have lost nine games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Crusaders match.
Dungannon Swifts are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Carrick Rangers (placed 8th).
Prior to that match, the Dungannon Swifts manager Shiels faced defeat when travelling to Coleraine and losing 0-2.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Dungannon we find 9 games. Results are 1 Dungannon Swifts win, 0 draws and 8 defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dungannon Swifts can't defend away. 29 goals have been scored by the opposition in 9 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. Dungannon Swifts has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The 8 most recent fixtures featuring these two teams have all finished as Linfield victories. Another one?The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other previously this season; Dungannon Swifts - Linfield 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Vertainen 6 goals | R. McDaid 6 goals | J. Cooper 5 goals |
Linfield missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Linfield | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 32 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 47% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 56% | 37% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 39% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 32% |
| 56% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 56% | 58% |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.2 | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 34% | 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 8.7 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.3 | 9.3 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5 |
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dungannon Swifts have lost all their away matches so far.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (29) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- Linfield is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Linfield | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 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 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 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 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | -31 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | -42 | 4 |
