Glentoran will not envision any favours from hosting team Linfield in this Premiership fixture. Here's your full match guide!
- Linfield have won all their matches at home so far.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premiership
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Linfield and Glentoran.
Linfield form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Windsor Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Linfield last season were 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses from 3 games.
The Linfield goalkeeper Chris Johns is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
The Linfield coach Healy and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cliftonville in the County Antrim Shield.
A 0-0 draw away in the Premiership before that, with Coleraine the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Linfield have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Glenavon are coming to town in four days.
At Windsor Park, Linfield has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran are happy with their away performances in the Premiership so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The Glentoran goalkeeper Oliver Webber is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 535 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Glentoran, whose boss McDermott could celebrate last time after the County Antrim Shield win against Ards.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Carrick Rangers in the Premiership.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Glentoran in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Glentoran, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A fact for sports bettors considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.
Glentoran are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Linfield two wins, four draws and Glentoran four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 4 goals |  E. Vertainen 3 goals | K. Millar 2 goals |
Linfield missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Linfield | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 6.9 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
| 4.1 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.7 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.9 |
| 42% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 7.6 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.7 | 7.1 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
- All of Linfield's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Glentoran have not yet lost a game.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the the best goal difference (+15) in Premiership
- Glentoran is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premiership
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have won all their matches at home so far.
- Linfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Larne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Linfield | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -19 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 1 |
