National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundela or Larne that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Dundela nor Larne as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dundela form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Dundela have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Dundela are returning here after visiting Loughgall and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Loughgall (0-1).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ballinamallard United are coming to town in four days.
The Dundela fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Dundela have conceded only 7 goals.
Larne form and stats
Larne's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Larne collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the Premiership. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The Larne goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Larne, whose coach Lynch could celebrate last time after the win against Portadown. As mentioned above, Larne was the only team on the pitch versus Portadown in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Bonis and Millar has bagged at least one goal for this side three fixtures in a row. The efficiency!
Before that, Larne secured a home win against Dungannon Swifts with the score 4-0.After this away game Larne return home for a Premiership game against Dungannon Swifts. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Larne have the goal stats of 16-8 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Dundela won two games, one match ended with a tie and Larne got seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 8 goals | P. O'Neill 8 goals | L. Millar 7 goals |
Dundela missing players
Larne missing players
| Dundela | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 8.9 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 37 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Dundela | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Warrenpoint Town | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Ards | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ballinamallard United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Institute | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Newington Youth | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Knockbreda | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -20 | 10 |
| 11 | H&W Welders | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Dergview | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 8 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Linfield | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Newry City AFC | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -32 | 4 |
| 12 | Portadown | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | -36 | 1 |
