Buckle up for a show! The main heroes are Linfield and Glentoran, a win is the target and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Linfield have the most scored goals (70) in Premiership
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Linfield nor Glentoran as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Linfield form and stats
36 points is a decent return from 16 Premiership games here at Windsor Park for Linfield. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since Linfield tasted defeat here at Windsor Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
The spoils were shared in Linfield's previous game, also at home. Visiting Glentoran travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
In the match before that, Linfield hosted Crusaders and drew the game 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Linfield handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats.
It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Linfield manager Healy has got the team scoring with 34 from 16 home games in the league. From these home matches, Linfield have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Glentoran form and stats
The visitors are W9-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Glentoran has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Linfield for a 1-1 draw.
A 0-2 defeat away at Larne before that.We have checked recent matches where Glentoran have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Glentoran's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 17 league matches away. Glentoran are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Linfield - Glentoran 1-1 written in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Linfield won three, Glentoran triumphed in three and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Vertainen 17 goals | J. Cooper 12 goals |  J. Donnelly 12 goals |
Linfield missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Linfield | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 19 | 35 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 71 | 35 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 32 | 69 |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 83% | 78% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 91% |
| 71% | 67% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 74% | 71% |
| 54% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 53% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 32% | 34% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 31% | 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 34% |
| 57% | 67% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 42% | 49% |
| 29% | 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 26% | 26% |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 41% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 38% | 42% |
| 7.5 | 8.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have the most scored goals (70) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+45) 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 | Larne | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 39 | 73 |
| 2 | Linfield | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 14 | 45 | 68 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 66 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 44 | 64 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 62 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 58 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -7 | 41 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 65 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -24 | 37 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 32 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 33 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 37 | -35 | 23 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 76 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 48 | -54 | 23 |
| 12 | Portadown | 33 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 48 | -60 | 16 |
