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Predictions and Tips
Coleraine face off with guests Linfield at Coleraine Showgrounds in this Premiership tie on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Coleraine v Linfield can be found here including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide

Coleraine
DWLWLL
Coleraine will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-0 Premiership losing effort in their last game against Crusaders.
Jay Boyd (1', 56', 85') scored for Crusaders.
It has been all too rare in recent games where Coleraine have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Coleraine have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals during that time. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, of course.
Linfield
WWWWWL
Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Larne in Premiership competition, Linfield and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only player to score from Linfield was Kalum Thompson (31'). Andy Ryan (79') and Conor McKendry (88') scored for Larne.
In their last half-dozen outings, Linfield have amassed a total of 13 goals. Linfield have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they’ve had 4 goals go against them.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/12/2023 shows us that Coleraine have won 2 of them and Linfield 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
In all, 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them from The Bannsiders and 10 created by The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The previous league game featuring the two was Premiership match day 30 on 22/02/2025 when it ended Linfield 0-2 Coleraine.
The match was refereed by Chris Morrison.
ℹ️ Team News: Coleraine
Levi Ives (Knock), Connor Murray (Knock) and Lyndon Kane (Shoulder injury) aren’t available for Coleraine boss Dean Shiels.
🔮 Prediction
Our feeling is that Linfield and Coleraine should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.
It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-1 score at the end of this game.
Victor Martins, 16:14 26/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Coleraine
Formed: 1927
Stadium: Coleraine Showgrounds (4,843)
Captain: Lyndon Kane
Chairman: Colin McKendry
Manager: Dean Shiels
Competitions: Premiership position 6
🔑 Key Player: Matthew Shevlin
Customarily deployed in the Striker position, Matthew Shevlin was born in N. Ireland. After having played his first senior match for Ballymena United in the 2014 - 2015 season, the skilful Forward has bagged 20 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 35 appearances.
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37 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 85 | WWWWL |
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37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 62 | WDDWW |
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37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 60 | LWLWL |
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37 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 54 | LDLLW |
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37 | 16 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 54 | WLDLW |
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37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 52 | WLWLL |
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37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 55 | WWWWL |
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37 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 53 | LDLWW |
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37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | -6 | 47 | LWLDL |
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38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 46 | LDLLW |
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38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -26 | 32 | LLWDD |
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37 | 5 | 7 | 25 | -46 | 22 | WLWLD |
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Portadown |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Matthew Shevlin | 21 |
Rhyss Campbell | 9 |
Jamie Glackin | 7 |
Declan McManus | 4 |
Dylan Boyle | 3 |
Joel Cooper | 19 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | 12 |
Kyle McClean | 7 |
Chris McKee | 7 |
Kirk Millar | 5 |
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