The season is still fairly new and the Premiership table has to be read with caution. So far Linfield find themselves in 1st position and Glenavon are placed 6th.
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
Perfect Premiership season at home so far for Linfield, who have the most scored goals (14) in Premiership, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
It's back home for Linfield, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Coleraine away with the result 2-0. A. Waterworth and J. Stewart found the net in that victory. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Portadown.
Linfield has scored 7 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Glenavon form and stats
Four points from two away games for Glenavon, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premiership so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Glenavon, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ballymena United (placed 11th) in the Premiership last time out. A draw for Glenavon before that, at their own venue hosting Coleraine (4-4).
3 goals so far away for Glenavon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Linfield four wins, one draw and Glenavon five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Linfield missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Linfield | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 42 |
| 29 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 48% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 43% |
- All of Glenavon's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Linfield's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Glenavon has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premiership
- Glenavon has the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
- Glenavon have not yet lost a game away.
- Glenavon have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Linfield has the most scored goals (14) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+9) in Premiership
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored in all their matches so far.
- Linfield have won all their games so far.
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield is in the best form (5-0-0)
| Linfield | Last season | Glenavon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 13 | 16 | ||
| 71 | 44 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 51 | 71 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 87% | ||
| 58% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 77% | ||
| 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 58% | ||
| 19% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 23% | ||
| 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 61% | ||
| 45% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 301 | 188 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 249 | ||
| 127 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 112 | ||
| 48% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Larne | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Portadown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Glentoran | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |