The visiting Larne side should be favourites in this visit to Portadown, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (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.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown's results here at Shamrock Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 9 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Portadown in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Glenavon game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. It's trouble wherever Portadown are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Portadown fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Portadown defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Larne form and stats
6-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Larne in their Premiership matches away.
The travelling fans enjoy Larne's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Larne have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Portadown - Larne 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Portadown, three draws and four wins for Larne. Over 2,5 goals: ten times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 9 goals |  D. McDaid 9 goals | R. Hale 6 goals |
Portadown missing players
Larne missing players
| Portadown | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | 47 |
| 61 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 29 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 89% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 71% | 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 61% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 55% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 31% |
| 32% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 7.2 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | 38% |
- Portadown have the fewest points (6) at home in Premiership
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (16) 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 | Linfield | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 41 | 63 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Larne | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 26 |
| 10 | Portadown | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -30 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 37 | -42 | 18 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 35 | -49 | 15 |