Another action-packed fixture in Premiership as Linfield welcome Larne

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Windsor Park (24734 seats)

1st position in the Premiership table for Linfield so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Larne visits Windsor Park.

Insights:
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (76) in Premiership
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Linfield form and stats

This stadium, Windsor Park, has been a fortress for Linfield in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 14-2-1. Ever since the Glentoran game Linfield has been unbeatable here at Windsor Park producing eight straight wins.

Before that, Linfield played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Glentoran.

Goals are plentiful at Windsor Park in the league this season as Linfield has scored 49 goals here in 17 home games. Linfield have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Larne form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Larne playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Larne has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Prior to that result Larne won their away game at Crusaders. The scoreline was 3-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Larne's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 16 league matches away. Larne have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Larne - Linfield 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Linfield six wins, two draws and Larne two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LinfieldS. Lavery
S. Lavery
23 goals
LinfieldA. Waterworth
A. Waterworth
14 goals
LinfieldJ. Stewart
J. Stewart
12 goals

Linfield missing players

Larne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Linfield Larne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 6 18 35
23 15 4 Won W 2 8 17
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 10
7 1 0 Lost L 3 5 8
79 52 9 Scored S 6 31 61
35 10 3 Conceded C 7 23 37
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 86%
66% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 61% 60%
34% 39% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 26%
23% 28% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 11%
57% 39% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 72% 60%
40% 56% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 29%
9% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 10.4 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.2 8.8
4.4 5.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.4
51% 56% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 40%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most points (44) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (49) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (76) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+40) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+42) 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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

Table
  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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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