Here's another entertaining game in the Premiership. Portadown is in the 12th place after completing three fixtures. They greet Glentoran who are placed 2nd after three fixtures.
- Glentoran have the most clean sheets (2) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Portadown and Glentoran.
Portadown form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premiership game of the season here at Shamrock Park. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from Portadown's 3 home games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Portadown with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Linfield game, 12 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Portadown played out an unpredictable defeat 0-2 against Glentoran in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans.
Heartbreak before that as Portadown lost 1-2 at Crusaders's place.Portadown has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Glentoran form and stats
Four points from two away games for Glentoran, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premiership so far. Glentoran love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Glentoran play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Portadown (placed 12th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Dungannon Swifts with the score of 1-0.It's early days yet, but Glentoran has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Glentoran have avoided a loss in the last 11 fixtures (8-3-0) facing Portadown.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jenkins 1 goals |  C. McMenamin 1 goals | J. Donnelly 1 goals |
Portadown missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Portadown | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 7.2 | 8 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 12.5 | 11.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| 6 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
- Glentoran have the most clean sheets (2) away in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most clean sheets (2) in Premiership
| Portadown | Last season | Glentoran | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 40 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 33 | 72 | ||
| 72 | 28 | Conceded | C | 18 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 66% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 82% | ||
| 47% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 60% | ||
| 42% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 30% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 18% | ||
| 39% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 32% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 5% | 15% | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coleraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Larne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glenavon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 53 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Portadown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 25 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
