Portadown vs Dungannon Swifts: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Mon 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shamrock Park (5804 seats)

Portadown are unlocking their away locker room to Dungannon Swifts for yet another crucial fixture following their 1-2 result against 7th-placed Glenavon.

Insights:
  • Portadown have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premiership

Portadown and Dungannon Swifts should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Portadown form and stats

With 1 Premiership win, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Portadown are certainly not brimming with confidence.

No payout for Portadown in their previous match, an away game at Glenavon that ended in defeat 1-2.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cliftonville (1-4).

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 11 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The lack of attacking qualities in Portadown means that they have only scored {4 goals} in 10 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Portadown with 22 goals conceded in these matches.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (33) away in Premiership, are W0-D0-L10 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dungannon Swifts have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Dungannon won their last game, 2-0 versus Newry City AFC played at home.

A 0-4 defeat away at Linfield before that.

Take note: 13 of the last 17 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Dungannon Swifts are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 10 away games. Dungannon Swifts can't defend away. 33 goals have been scored by the opposition in 10 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

Dungannon Swifts have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (4-1-0) facing Portadown.

Portadown and Dungannon Swifts have played each other previously this season: Dungannon Swifts - Portadown 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

Dungannon SwiftsJ. Knowles
J. Knowles
4 goals
Dungannon SwiftsR. Campbell
R. Campbell
4 goals
PortadownJ. Jenkins
J. Jenkins
3 goals

Portadown missing players

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Portadown Dungannon Swifts
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 2 10 21
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
19 8 1 Lost L 2 10 16
7 4 1 Scored S 0 5 15
53 22 3 Conceded C 4 33 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 90% 81%
57% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 48%
29% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 38%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 24%
29% 30% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 29%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
67% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 57%
 
4.2 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.3 3.2
6.4 7.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.4 5.8
2.3 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
6.3 8.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 4.8 7
2.4 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.9
13% 15% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 17%
 
11.7 12.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.4 9.4
6.3 6.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6.9 5.2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Dungannon Swifts have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dungannon Swifts have scored more than double the goals of Portadown.
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (33) away in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Portadown have the fewest points (4) at home in Premiership
  • Portadown have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
  • Portadown have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
  • Portadown have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
  • Portadown have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
  • Portadown have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Premiership
  • Portadown have the most conceded goals (53) in Premiership
  • Portadown have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Premiership
  • Portadown have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Premiership
  • Portadown have the the worst goal difference (-46) in Premiership
  • Portadown have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Portadown 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 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