10th- against 6th position might not seem all that hot. But look: Here's the facts and figures that makes Newry City AFC - Glentoran (even) more interesting!
- Newry City AFC have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premiership
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!
Newry City AFC form and stats
The total Premiership results at home this season for Newry City AFC are 4-0-6 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Newry City AFC are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The supporters are hoping that Newry City AFC will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Crusaders (placed 4th).
Before that game, the home loss against Coleraine with the scoreline 1-2.There will be little rest for Newry after this match as they are travelling to Ballymena United for a Premiership game in only four days.
Newry City AFC has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Newry defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Glentoran have produced an overall stat of 5-2-4 so far. It's looking increasingly bleak for Glentoran who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Portadown was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The attacking players of Glentoran have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 216 minutes.
Glentoran might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Larne proved too strong as Glentoran slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The Oval.
Earlier, the Irish Cup victory away at Moyola Park.
Observe: 14 of the latest 18 league matches featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
After this away game Glentoran return home for a Premiership game against Dungannon Swifts. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Glentoran have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when playing Newry.The newest recorded meeting featuring both these sides is the Newry City AFC - Glentoran 0-1 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 9 goals | J. Donnelly 6 goals |  D. Hughes 5 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Newry City AFC | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 44 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 90% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 60% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 50% |
| 36% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 25% |
| 14% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 50% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 30% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.6 | 7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 39% | 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 28% | 35% |
| 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Larne | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Linfield | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 43 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 35 | -35 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 35 | -49 | 5 |
