Season ticket holders at Shamrock Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Portadown languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Glentoran will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premiership
- Glentoran has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premiership
Portadown have less rest than Glentoran in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Shamrock Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Glentoran have had more rest.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown's results here at Shamrock Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. With seven home Premiership games in a row without a win, the Portadown fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Queen's University game long ago, can be stopped today. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Portadown.
2-2 away at Larne before that.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Portadown, as the Premiership home game vs Dungannon Swifts is only four days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portadown here at Shamrock Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Glentoran form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premiership, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Glentoran had fun at their own home (Shamrock Park) last time out, beating Cliftonville 1-0. J. McDonagh scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Crusaders wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Warrenpoint Town.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Glentoran as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Glentoran rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Glentoran - Portadown 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Portadown victory, three draws and six Glentoran wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McDaid 8 goals | J. Donnelly 7 goals |  L. Bonis 4 goals |
Portadown missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Portadown | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 35 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 94% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 87% |
| 94% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 0.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 47% | 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 30% |
- Glentoran has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premiership
- Glentoran has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
- Glentoran has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Glentoran has the fewest points (3) away in Premiership
- Glentoran has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
- Glentoran have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portadown has the fewest points (3) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premiership
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Larne | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Portadown | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 11 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 11 |