The visiting Linfield side should be favourites in this visit to Warrenpoint Town, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
Warrenpoint Town and Linfield 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.
For Warrenpoint Town relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
Warrenpoint Town's results here at Milltown Playing Fields in the Premiership have been very modest with 3 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager B. Gray led his Warrenpoint Town to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Dungannon Swifts. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Milltown Playing Fields. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ballymena United.
The Warrenpoint Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. As for conceded goals, Warrenpoint Town's unpleasant statistic is 24 goals surrendered.
Linfield form and stats
Playing away, Linfield, who have the the best goal difference (+28) in Premiership, have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season.
The Linfield goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 231 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Linfield are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premiership against Cliftonville (placed 4th). The game before that, in the Irish League Cup, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Coleraine.
The travelling fans enjoy Linfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Linfield - Warrenpoint Town 7-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Warrenpoint Town won 0, Linfield won 8 and 2 draws. 9 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Cooper
8 goals
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S. Lavery
7 goals
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A. O'Sullivan
6 goals
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Warrenpoint Town missing players
Linfield missing players
| Warrenpoint Town | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 60 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 84% | 89% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 63% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 29% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 24% |
| 42% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 58% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 18% |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 7.2 | 5.2 | 8.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 85 | 47 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 50 | 144 |
| 31 | 19 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 17 | 55 |
| 42% | 63% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 175% | 65% | 55% |
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Linfield has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Warrenpoint Town.
- Linfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Warrenpoint Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Warrenpoint Town has the most conceded goals (24) at home
- Warrenpoint Town has the most conceded goals (60)
- Warrenpoint Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (30)
- Warrenpoint Town has the the worst goal difference (-46)
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Warrenpoint Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Warrenpoint Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Warrenpoint Town 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 | Linfield | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 39 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | Larne | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 17 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -28 | 17 |
| 11 | Institute | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 36 | -46 | 9 |