There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Linfield leading Glentoran by 14 points.
- Linfield has the most scored goals (27) in Premiership
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
Linfield and Glentoran 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Linfield form and stats
Home games in the Premiership have been a walk in the park for Linfield so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Linfield has recorded two wins in a row here at Windsor Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Linfield supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dungannon Swifts in Premiership and win 4-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Larne.
As mentioned above, Linfield "killed" Dungannon Swifts in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Linfield as they are travelling to their away game against Crusaders in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Windsor Park in the league this season as Linfield has scored 18 goals here in 6 home games. Linfield have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ballymena United (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Warrenpoint Town.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cliftonville in just three days.
The visiting Glentoran have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Glentoran struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Linfield - Glentoran 3-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Linfield wins - draws - Glentoran wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Linfield missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Linfield | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 11.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 51% | 56% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 21% | 31% |
- All of Linfield's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Glentoran have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Linfield has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals (18) at home in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals (27) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Premiership
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Premiership
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+14) in Premiership
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Glentoran have scored away.
- Linfield have scored in all their matches so far.
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Linfield | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Coleraine | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Glentoran | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Portadown | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 4 |