Newry City AFC will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get at least a point from this strenuous duel, against spirited Larne.
- Larne have the most clean sheets (16) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newry City AFC form and stats
The Premiership results at home this season for Newry City AFC are 4-1-7 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 222 minutes without scoring a league goal. Teelan was the last player to find the net. The Newry goalkeeper Steven Maguire is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Larne last time out and are looking for a victory here.
0-0 away at Ballymena United before that.Newry City AFC has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. When Newry hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Carrick Rangers, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Larne form and stats
Larne have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games.
375 minutes! That's how long the Larne goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Newry City AFC (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Portadown.Low on goals? 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
Larne find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Newry City AFC - Larne 0-0. Head to head numbers (for the last three meetings): Newry City AFC won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Larne got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 10 goals | P. O'Neill 10 goals | L. Millar 7 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Larne missing players
| Newry City AFC | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 42 |
| 47 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 84% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 54% | 64% |
| 60% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 24% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 12% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 54% | 64% |
| 52% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 37% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 34% |
| 13.2 | 13.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 8.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premiership
- Larne have the most clean sheets (16) in Premiership
- Larne have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premiership
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 41 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
