Linfield vs Coleraine Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Linfield

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Linfield, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-3 Premiership victory over Portadown.

For Linfield, the goalscorers were Christy Manzinga (23', 85') and Matt Green (68'). Ruairi Croskery (12') and Lee Bonis (45') scored for Portadown.

David Healy's Linfield have scored a sum total of 11 times over their last half-dozen outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 6.

Coming into this clash, Linfield are unbeaten in the league by Coleraine in their last 5 games.

Coleraine

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Coleraine go into this meeting after a 0-5 Premiership win against Dungannon Swifts in their most recent game.

For Coleraine, the scorers were Stephen Lowry (24'), Eoin Bradley (45'), Matthew Shevlin (50'), Jamie Glackin (66') and Ronan Wilson (71').

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring Coleraine, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.83, with the average number of goals for Coleraine working out to 2.17.

Leading up to this clash, Coleraine:

• haven't beaten Linfield when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 26/10/2019 shows us that Linfield have won 2 of them and Coleraine 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Blues and 4 for The Bannsiders. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Premiership match day 4 on 25/05/2021 and the score finished Coleraine 1-1 Linfield.

The referee was Raymond Crangle.

📋 Team News: Linfield

The Linfield manager David Healy will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Coleraine

Due to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Coleraine boss Oran Kearney has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Coleraine will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Linfield outfit, although it might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Linfield after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

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Peter Guest, 10:53 15/09/2021