Premiership: Newry City AFC are 15 points after Coleraine, but are set to go full force. Game on!
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Newry City AFC form and stats
With 3 Premiership wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Newry City AFC are certainly not brimming with confidence. It’s been three wins in a row for Newry City AFC here at The Showgrounds, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
No payout for Newry City AFC in their previous match, an away game at Larne that ended in defeat 0-2.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Portadown in a game that was won 3-0.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 15 latest league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Newry are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newry City AFC have conceded 16 from these games.
Coleraine form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Coleraine goalkeeper Gareth Deane is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 526 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Coleraine won their last game, 2-0 versus Crusaders played at home. A strange fact; the scoreline 2-0 has repeated itself three games in a row!
Before that, Coleraine secured a home win against Dungannon Swifts with the score 2-0.Stats flash: 12 of the last 15 league games involving this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The travelling fans enjoy Coleraine's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Coleraine - Newry 2-0 was the product when these sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Newry City AFC-Coleraine H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Newry City AFC one win, Coleraine two wins, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 12 goals |  D. Hughes 4 goals | J. McGovern 4 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Newry City AFC | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 37 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 84% |
| 89% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 74% |
| 63% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 37% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 58% |
| 53% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | 40% |
| 13.6 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3 |
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Linfield | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 15 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | -31 | 7 |
| 12 | Portadown | 19 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -37 | 4 |
