National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Linfield or Glentoran that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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.
Linfield form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Linfield have to build on here at Windsor Park in the Premiership.
A nice win for Linfield last time playing, versus Glenavon. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
In the match before that, Linfield hosted Cliftonville and drew the Premiership game 0-0.Linfield are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Ballymena United awaits in three days.
Linfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Windsor Park with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Linfield have conceded 10 from these games.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.
Glentoran has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Coleraine for a 0-0 draw.
It was a Premiership defeat before that one as the away game against Glenavon wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Glentoran have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Glentoran are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Linfield.Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 9 goals |  J. Cooper 5 goals | R. McDaid 5 goals |
Linfield missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Linfield | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 13 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 37% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
