The Premiership fixture at Lakeview Park on Friday sees home side Loughgall do battle with Linfield.
Our Loughgall v Linfield tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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Loughgall
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Loughgall will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 Premiership defeat in their last game at the hands of Portadown.
Steven McCullough (3') was the scorer for Portadown.
It’s been seldom in recent games where Loughgall haven’t conceded. In fact, Loughgall have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 15 goals on the way.
Heading into this fixture, Loughgall have not won at home in their last 4 league games. That's never good.
Linfield
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Linfield will go into this match after a 2-3 Premiership win vs Crusaders in their most recent fixture.
For Linfield, goals were scored by Kyle McClean (40', 86') and Matthew Fitzpatrick (62'). Jordan Stewart (58') and Jimmy Callacher (94') scored for Crusaders.
David Healy's Linfield have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 8 times throughout their previous six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period comes to 6.
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Head to head
The last league meeting between these sides was Premiership match day 4 on 24/08/2024 when it ended Linfield 5-1 Loughgall.
The match was refereed by Declan Hassan.
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Team News: Loughgall
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Loughgall boss Dean Smith to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Pablo Andrade (Broken cheekbone) misses out.
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Team News: Linfield
Linfield boss David Healy has to currently contend with reduced team options. Darragh McBrien (Knock), Robbie McDaid (Achilles tendon rupture), Ryan McKay (Ankle injury), Stephen Fallon (Knock), Rhys Annett (Knee injury), Ben Hall (Knock) and Sam Roscoe (Knock) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
We feel that in this game, Linfield should be in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of their chances.
In contrast, Loughgall won’t find it easy to find the back of the net, although we do see them hitting back at some stage.
Accordingly, we see a 1-3 margin for Linfield at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, backing Loughgall is best priced at 9, betting on a draw is 5.75 and selecting a victory for Linfield gets you 1.22. These are the best of the returns available at the moment.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
09:04 15/10/2024
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Loughgall
Formed: 1967
Stadium: Lakeview Park (3,000)
Captain: Ben Murdock
Chairman: Sam Nicholson
Manager: Dean Smith
Competitions: Premiership position 12
🔑 Star Man: Jay Boyd
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Jay Boyd was born in N. Ireland. After making a first senior appearance for Crusaders in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has got 2 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 10 appearances.