1st position in the Premiership table for Linfield so far this season, a fine campaign. The home team supporters hope for more glory as 8th-placed Glenavon visit Windsor Park.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premiership
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
Linfield form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 11 Premiership games here at Windsor Park for Linfield. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Linfield haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Crusaders, 70 days ago.
Linfield's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Ballymena United (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that match, a win away at Dungannon Swifts.The manager Healy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cliftonville in only three days.
The Linfield fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively Linfield have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glenavon form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Glenavon have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Carrick Rangers (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 2-2.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Cliftonville.With the home team identified as having a winning probability of roughly 80% by the bookies, any useful result for the away team would be a small shock. Examining historical games with similar odds and Glenavon playing away, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The away team lost one of these fixtures by a margin of at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Glenavon are hosting Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Glenavon's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Glenavon have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the final score Glenavon - Linfield 0-3 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Linfield wins - draws - Glenavon wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 15 goals |   M. Fitzpatrick 9 goals | P. Campbell 5 goals |
Linfield missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Linfield | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 41 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 26 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 73% | 73% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 41% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 38% |
| 59% | 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 38% |
| 7 | 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7.9 | 9 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.4 | 7 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 48% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 6.8 | 6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linfield have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 fewest conceded goals (11) in Premiership
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most clean sheets (13) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+30) in Premiership
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | Linfield | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 49 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 39 |
| 5 | Larne | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 20 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -29 | 19 |
| 11 | Portadown | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -32 | 8 |
