Linfield vs Larne Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Linfield

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Linfield head into this game following a 2-2 Premiership drawn game versus Coleraine.

For Linfield, the goalscorers were Matthew Fitzpatrick (52') and Chris Shields (58'). Jamie McGonigle (44') and Matthew Shevlin (97') scored for Coleraine.

Fixtures featuring Linfield have often been entertaining ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 16 of those belonging to Linfield.

Larne

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Larne head into the match following on from a 1-2 Premiership win vs Glentoran in their most recent game.

For Larne, goals were scored by Andy Ryan (8') and Cian Bolger (58' Own goal). Jonathan Russell (95' Own goal) was the scorer for Glentoran.

Illustrating their bias toward action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 24 times in the last six games in which Larne have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 4 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have managed 6 from this total. We will have to see if that trend can be continued on here.

Going into this one, Larne are undefeated in their previous 13 league matches away from home. An incredible run.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 04/02/2023 tells us that Linfield have won 0 of these games & Larne 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

In all, 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 of them from The Blues and 7 created by Larne. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league contest between these sides was Premiership match day 24 on 30/12/2023 when it finished Larne 1-1 Linfield.

The referee was Chris Morrison.

📋 Team News: Linfield

Euan East (Hamstring injury), Robbie McDaid (Achilles tendon rupture), Josh Archer (Knock), Stephen Fallon (Knock) and Ryan McKay (stomach problems) will not be able to play for Linfield gaffer David Healy.

ℹ️ Team News: Larne

Larne manager Tiernan Lynch has to choose a team with limited availability. Shaun Want (Muscle tear), Ali Omar (surgery) and Levi Ives (Knee injury) can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Larne will need to apply a lot of pressure to score against this Linfield outfit who we think will likely just have the edge.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for Linfield at the end of the match.

Let’s see.

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

Andre Moura, 18:08 19/04/2024