📊 Form Guide

Dungannon Swifts

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Dungannon Swifts fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-0 Premiership triumph against Loughgall.

The only player to score from Dungannon Swifts was Tomas Galvin (54', 56').

Rodney McAree's Dungannon Swifts have hit the target 8 times in their prior six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games amounts to 10.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Dungannon Swifts:

• have not emerged victorious against Glenavon in their last 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Glenavon

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Ballymena United in Premiership action, Glenavon will be hoping to turn things around here.

Calvin McCurry (9') scored for Ballymena United.

The numbers tell their own story, and Glenavon have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 14 goals in total. Defensively, Glenavon have been far from perfect.

Their past results show that Glenavon:

• have left without a victory over Dungannon Swifts when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 26/11/2022 tells us that Dungannon Swifts have won 3 of these games and Glenavon 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The Swifts and 8 being from The Lurgan Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 31 on 09/03/2024 when it finished Glenavon 4-0 Dungannon Swifts.

The match was refereed by Lee Tavinder.

ℹ️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts

Matthew Lusty (Broken collarbone) and Niall Owens (Knock) are unavailable for Dungannon Swifts boss Rodney McAree.

🗞️ Team News: Glenavon

From a largely healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Glenavon manager Stephen McDonnell to be concerned with. Isaac Baird (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here. Peter Campbell cannot play in this game through suspension.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where Glenavon will do well to see themselves scoring against this Dungannon Swifts team who we think will score & stay on top.

We therefore see a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Dungannon Swifts when all is said and done.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 13:11 20/04/2024