Linfield look forward to facing Dungannon Swifts with expectations of winning all three points. Will they? Open our preview!
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+13) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (24) in Premiership
Linfield and Dungannon Swifts should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Linfield form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Linfield at their home stadium (Windsor Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Linfield, facing Larne in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach D. Healy made a successful contribution in the game against Larne, bringing on J. Stewart who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that match, a win away at Warrenpoint Town.The match schedule is unforgiving for Linfield as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Ballymena United are visiting.
The Linfield manager D. Healy has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively Linfield have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Dungannon Swifts are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Dungannon Swifts seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Dungannon go into this game after a win, the home game against Carrick Rangers that ended 2-0.
A 2-4 defeat away at Glenavon before that.Dungannon Swifts have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Irish League Cup match vs Limavady United. A difficult itinerary for the visitors!
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Dungannon alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (9 from 3 played). There are big problems for the Dungannon Swifts defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Linfield victories, one draw and zero Dungannon Swifts wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 8 goals |   R. Mayse 5 goals | J. Stewart 2 goals |
Linfield missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Linfield | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6.1 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 58% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 69% | 46% |
- All of Dungannon Swifts's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Linfield's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dungannon Swifts have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (24) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield have not yet lost a game.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+13) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Premiership
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Linfield | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Larne | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -18 | 3 |