The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Linfield leading Dungannon Swifts by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Linfield has the most scored goals (23) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Linfield form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Linfield, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premiership, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
Linfield lost their last game at Larne (placed 1st) after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Linfield won a home game hosting Cliftonville (2-0).
Linfield are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Windsor Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Dungannon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Home advantage was not enough for Dungannon Swifts in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Ballymena United, 1-5. A loss against Portadown was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Dungannon lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dungannon Swifts's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. For Dungannon, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Linfield wins - draws - Dungannon Swifts wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Linfield missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Linfield | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 48% | 52% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 32% |
- All of Linfield's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have yet to win a game away.
- Linfield has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals (14) at home in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals (23) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
- Linfield have not yet lost a game at home.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Linfield have scored in all their matches so far.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- 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 | Larne | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Linfield | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Coleraine | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Glentoran | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Portadown | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 4 |