This match involves two contenders dwelling in the lower parts of the Premiership, Newry City AFC having 10th position and Dungannon Swifts sitting at 11th. A decent opportunity for one of the teams to boost their position.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Newry City AFC nor Dungannon Swifts 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.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC's struggle is real here at The Showgrounds with only 13 points collected from 13 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-1-8.
Newry City AFC haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 402 minutes ago. Teelan scored that one.
The supporters are hoping that Newry will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Coleraine (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Carrick Rangers (0-2).It should be considered that a peek at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Newry City AFC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Newry have conceded 20 from these games.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dungannon Swifts so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-13 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 14 away games in a row.
Dungannon Swifts have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 387 minutes ago. O'Connor was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Dungannon Swifts in their previous game as they lost hosting Larne, 0-3. It's odd; the match score 0-3 has occurred three times in a row!
A 0-3 defeat away at Crusaders before that.We have checked recent matches where Dungannon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Stats flash: 10 of the latest 12 league matches featuring this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dungannon Swifts's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dungannon Swifts can't defend away. 44 goals have been scored by the opposition in 14 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Dungannon Swifts - Newry 2-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Newry City AFC wins - draws - Dungannon Swifts wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Hughes 5 goals | J. Teelan 5 goals |  J. Knowles 4 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Newry City AFC | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 50 | 20 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 44 | 66 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 93% | 96% |
| 81% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 82% |
| 56% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 54% |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 37% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 15% | 23% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 7% | 14% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4.7 | 6.4 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 36% | 35% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 16% |
| 13.7 | 13.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (44) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the the worst goal difference (-39) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dungannon Swifts have yet to win a game away.
- Newry City AFC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dungannon Swifts have scored away.
| 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 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Linfield | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 55 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 54 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 53 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 32 | 48 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -9 | 31 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -13 | 31 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -25 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 66 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 44 | -49 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 40 | -59 | 6 |
