While we have made these predictions for Portadown v Dungannon Swifts for this match preview with the best of intentions, no profits are guaranteed. Always gamble responsibly, and with what you can afford to lose. Good luck with your selections.
Portadown vs Dungannon Swifts Live Stream, Predictions
Dungannon Swifts arrive at Shamrock Park on Saturday for the Premiership showdown with home team Portadown.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Portadown v Dungannon Swifts - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Portadown
LLDDDL ⚠
Portadown will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-3 Premiership loss in their previous game against Glentoran.
Conor McMenamin (2'), Hrvoje Plum (30') and Jay Donnelly (66') scored for Glentoran.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Portadown haven’t conceded. The reality is that The Ports have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 12 goals on the way. Let’s find out if that trend can be sustained here.
Ahead of this clash, Portadown are without a win at home for the past 7 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
Dungannon Swifts
LLWLLD
In their last fixture, Dungannon Swifts drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Warrenpoint Town.
The stats tell the story, and Dungannon Swifts have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. At the back, The Swifts seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.
Going into this encounter, Dungannon Swifts have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 16/04/2016 shows us that Portadown have won 2 of them and Dungannon Swifts 4, with the number of drawn results being 0.
In all, 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Ports and 11 belonging to The Swifts. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Premiership match day 6 on 08/12/2020 and the score finished Dungannon Swifts 0-3 Portadown.
The referee was Jamie Robinson.
🗞️ Team News: Portadown
Portadown manager Matthew Tipton will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this game thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection.
ℹ️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts
Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, Dungannon Swifts boss Dixie Robinson has zero fitness worries to speak of before this match.
💭 Prediction
It seems to us that Dungannon Swifts and Portadown could both find goals hard to come by here.
We’ll have to see, but a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 0-0 scoreline by the conclusion of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 11:19 16/02/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Portadown
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Shamrock Park (2,489)
Captain: Luke Wilson
Chairman: Ronnie Stinson
Manager: Matthew Tipton
Competitions: Premiership position 10
⭐ Key Player: Lee Bonis
Customarily taking to the field in the Striker position, Lee Bonis was born in Portadown, N. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Portadown in the 2020 - 2021 season, the accomplished Forward has hit 4 league goals in this Premiership 2020 - 2021 season so far coming from a total of 14 appearances.
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Portadown |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Portadown |
Portadown |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Portadown |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Portadown |
Portadown |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
![]() |
17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 38 | WLWWD |
2 |
![]() |
18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 36 | DWDDW |
3 |
![]() |
18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 30 | DLWLL |
4 |
![]() |
17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 30 | WWDDW |
5 |
![]() |
19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | DDLWD |
6 |
![]() |
16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | WDLWW |
7 |
![]() |
16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | WWLLL |
8 |
![]() |
15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 18 | LDLWD |
9 |
![]() |
17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -14 | 17 | LWDLD |
10 |
![]() |
15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -18 | 12 | LWDWD |
11 |
![]() |
17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -20 | 12 | LDDDL |
12 |
![]() |
17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -26 | 12 | LWLLD |
Coleraine |
|
Portadown |
Portadown |
|
Ballymena United |
Portadown |
|
Glentoran |
Portadown |
|
Cliftonville |
Larne |
|
Portadown |
Coleraine |
|
Portadown |
Warrenpoint Town |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Glentoran |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Glenavon |
Warrenpoint Town |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Larne |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Carrick Rangers |
Portadown |
|
Glentoran |
Portadown |
|
Cliftonville |
Portadown |
|
Warrenpoint Town |
Portadown |
|
Crusaders |
Portadown |
|
Ballymena United |
Portadown |
|
Linfield |
Warrenpoint Town |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Larne |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Ballymena United |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Coleraine |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Linfield |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Glentoran |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 58 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.4 |
Subs used | 2.4 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.4 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 28 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Lee Bonis | 5 |
Adam McCallum | 3 |
Stephen Murray | 3 |
Adam Salley | 2 |
Aaron Burns | 1 |
Rhyss Campbell | 4 |
Dougie Wilson | 3 |
Michael Carvill | 2 |
Ben Gallagher | 1 |
Oisin Smyth | 1 |
Portadown |
|
Glenavon |
Portadown |
|
Glenavon |
Ballymena United |
|
Portadown |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Portadown |
Carrick Rangers |
|
Portadown |
Portadown |
|
Linfield |
Portadown |
|
Crusaders |
Glentoran |
|
Portadown |
Portadown |
|
Larne |
Portadown |
|
Carrick Rangers |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Coleraine |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Larne |
Linfield |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Portadown |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Crusaders |
Ballymena United |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Glenavon |
Dungannon Swifts |
|
Linfield |
Cliftonville |
|
Dungannon Swifts |
Glentoran |
|
Dungannon Swifts |