Match-goers at The Showgrounds haven’t seen many victories this season, with Newry City AFC rotting in the 10th spot. The opposing Glenavon will attempt to defend their higher league spot in this one.
- Newry City AFC is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Glenavon have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Newry nor Glenavon 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
The overall Premiership statistics playing at home this season for Newry City AFC are 4-0-5 (wins-draws-losses). 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.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 188 minutes without scoring a league goal. McGovern was the last player to find the net.
Newry are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Dungannon Swifts.
Heartbreak before that as Newry City AFC lost 0-2 at Larne's place.It should be noted that a glance at the 16 most recent league matches shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Newry are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Newry City AFC have conceded 13 goals.
Glenavon form and stats
There's been little loot from Glenavon's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Glenavon only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Glenavon have lost on their last two travels.
The followers enjoyed Glenavon's previous fixture versus Portadown (placed 12th), a 2-1 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league rounds without victory.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Larne.Take note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Glenavon's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Glenavon have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other previously this campaign: Glenavon - Newry City AFC 1-5. Stats for the last six meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Newry, zero draws and three wins for Glenavon. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fitzpatrick 9 goals |  D. Hughes 4 goals | J. Teelan 4 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Newry City AFC | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 33 |
| 39 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 79% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 74% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 15% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 88% | 74% |
| 10% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 55% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 21% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 39% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 37% | 36% |
| 13.6 | 12.3 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.5 |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 4.7 |
- Glenavon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Glenavon have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Glenavon have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premiership
- Glenavon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | Linfield | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Portadown | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 4 |
