Glentoran vs Dungannon Swifts Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Glentoran

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Glentoran will be looking for another win after a 2-4 Premiership triumph over Newry City.

For Glentoran, the goals were scored by Niall McGinn (11', 37'), Daire O'Connor (55') and Shay McCartan (63'). Ciarán O'Connor (32') and Daniel Hughes (45') scored for Newry City.

Glentoran have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve managed to rack up 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 6. Such a pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Looking at their past form shows that Glentoran:

• are unbeaten in the league by Dungannon Swifts in their last 11 matches. A decent run, indeed.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Dungannon Swifts

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Dungannon Swifts go into this game following a 3-1 Premiership win with the downing of Glenavon in their most recent fixture.

For Dungannon Swifts, goals were scored by Ben Gallagher (1'), Thomas Maguire (56') and Matthew Lusty (80'). Jackson Nesbitt (4') was the scorer for Glenavon.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Dungannon Swifts, three or more goals have been struck. The average number of goals per game in that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Dungannon Swifts working out to 1.5.

A look at their previous results shows us that Dungannon Swifts:

• are winless against Glentoran when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results going back to 28/08/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for Dungannon Swifts. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever whereas Glentoran have managed to find a way, getting wins in 100% of those games played.

In all, 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 17 for The Glens and 3 coming from The Swifts. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 25 on 24/01/2023 when the final score was Glentoran 6-0 Dungannon Swifts.

The referee was Shane McGonigle.

📰 Team News: Glentoran

The Glentoran boss Warren Feeney has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of before this match owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts

Due to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Dungannon Swifts boss Rodney McAree does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Dungannon Swifts have it within them to put one past this Glentoran side, but it might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Glentoran at full-time. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 08:25 13/09/2023