Playing at home feels secure and good for Newry City AFC, but Larne are fully bent and capable to go home as winners. How will it end?
- Newry City AFC have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC have played three Premiership home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Forde was the last player to score a league goal for Newry City AFC and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Newry City AFC haven't scored in 209 minutes.
Newry faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cliftonville (0-4). As you see from the result above, Newry City AFC suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Coleraine.Newry City AFC have conceded 5 from these games.
Larne form and stats
Playing away, Larne have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premiership this season. Momentum is building for Larne in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Larne have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson. It's been 295 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
The fans enjoyed Larne's previous game versus Coleraine (placed 5th), a 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carrick Rangers at their stadium, the result 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Larne are hosting Ballymena United in the County Antrim Shield only four days away.
Larne find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Larne as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. O'Neill 5 goals |  D. Hughes 2 goals | J. McGovern 2 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Larne missing players
| Newry City AFC | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 88% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.9 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.5 | 7.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 11 |
| 3.2 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 30% |
| 13.2 | 13.3 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 6.9 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
- Larne have not yet lost a game.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Larne have the most points (10) away in Premiership
- Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Newry City AFC have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiership
- Newry City AFC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Cliftonville | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Linfield | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Newry City AFC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
