Only a win will satisfy the Linfield supporters in this Windsor Park clash with Dungannon Swifts, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premiership table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Linfield form and stats
9-1-1 is the performance here at Windsor Park so far in the Premiership, giving Linfield a total of 28 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!
Happy days for Linfield in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Cliftonville (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Linfield had a home game versus Institute which ended with a victory 3-0.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Linfield have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 22 games found in the database showing 14 Linfield wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Goals are plentiful at Windsor Park in the league this season as Linfield has scored 30 goals here in 11 home games. Linfield have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dungannon Swifts, who have the most conceded goals (76) in Premiership, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row. With the Dungannon Swifts losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Dungannon Swifts failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Ballymena United (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 2-10. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Glentoran.
Dungannon Swifts lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-10 beating and focus on this one.
Nobody expects Dungannon Swifts to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won 3, draw 7 and lost 10. When defeated, 5 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The attacking power of Dungannon Swifts when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Dungannon Swifts can't defend away. 39 goals have been scored by the opposition in 11 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.
Head 2 Head
Linfield and Dungannon Swifts have met before this season: Dungannon Swifts - Linfield 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 Linfield victories, 1 draw and 0 Dungannon Swifts wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Cooper
9 goals
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S. Lavery
9 goals
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A. Waterworth
7 goals
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Linfield missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Linfield | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 48 | 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | 76 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 88% |
| 52% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 79% |
| 22% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 73% | 67% |
| 17% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 73% | 46% |
| 35% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 54% |
| 48% | 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 64% | 46% |
| 7.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 197 | 126 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 70 | 100 |
| 79 | 53 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 34 | 48 |
| 48% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 21% | 25% |
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals (76)
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals in the second half (44)
- Dungannon Swifts has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Linfield has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Linfield has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+23) at home
- Linfield have created more than twice as many corners as Dungannon Swifts.
- Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dungannon Swifts have scored away.
- Linfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Linfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Linfield 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 | Linfield | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 50 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 35 | 49 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 47 |
| 6 | Larne | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 38 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -16 | 28 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -49 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -36 | 14 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 39 | -54 | 13 |