Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Larne & Linfield face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the County Antrim Shield. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Larne nor Linfield 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.
Larne form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Premiership games here at Seaview for Larne. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
A strong away win for Larne against Glentoran the last match. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Bonis, having found the net in three consecutive games.
Ahead of that result, a home victory hosting Crumlin United in the Irish Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Crusaders in only four days. This game is also played here at Seaview.
Larne can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Larne have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}.
Linfield form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Premiership.
Linfield play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-1 victory visiting Glenavon. As mentioned above, Linfield was the only team on the pitch versus Glenavon in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-1 defeat away at Cliftonville before that.A new game in only four days for Linfield, the Premiership home match versus Ballymena United. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Linfield are regular goalscorers on their travels. Linfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these squads: Larne won three, Linfield triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 10 goals | P. O'Neill 10 goals |  E. Vertainen 9 goals |
Larne missing players
Linfield missing players
| Larne | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 38% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Larne | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Linfield | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 43 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 35 | -35 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 35 | -49 | 5 |
