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The Premiership tie at The Showgrounds on Saturday sees home team Newry City taking on opponents Dungannon Swifts.
All Newry City v Dungannon Swifts match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide
Newry City
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Newry City will be wanting a better result here after a 3-2 Premiership losing effort in their last game against Glenavon.
For Newry City, goals were scored by Adam Salley (62') and Barney McKeown (77'). James Doona (25'), Gavin Hodgins (70') and Stephen Teggart (90') scored for Glenavon.
Their most recent results can’t hide the truth which is that it’s been a torrid time for the Newry City rearguard. Newry City have managed to let an unacceptable 20 goals go in at the wrong end of the pitch during the period covering their previous 6 outings.
Their past results show that Newry City:
- have not won against Dungannon Swifts when playing them at home in the last 2 league games.
- have not beaten Dungannon Swifts in their last 6 matches in the league.
- are without a win at home for the past 26 league games. It's simply not good enough.
Dungannon Swifts
LWLLDW
Dungannon Swifts go into this match after a 3-2 Premiership win to beat Carrick Rangers in their most recent match.
For Dungannon Swifts, the goals were scored by Tomas Galvin (13') and Kealan Dillon (18', 22'). Kyle Cherry (51') and Danny Gibson (62') scored for Carrick Rangers.
Indicating their involvement in fruitful matches, goals have been seen as many as 21 times in the last 6 games in which Dungannon Swifts have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 13 from this total. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, though.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An inspection of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 26/12/2022 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Newry City. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Dungannon Swifts have remained in the ascendancy, getting wins in 83% of those match-ups.
A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 of them from City and 17 coming from The Swifts. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The last league game featuring these sides was Premiership match day 24 on 30/12/2023 when the final score was Dungannon Swifts 5-0 Newry City.
The referee was Keith Kennedy.
📋 Team News: Newry City
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Newry City gaffer Barry Gray to be concerned with from a near full-strength set of players. Ryan McGivern (Hamstring injury) will miss out.
ℹ️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts
Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree has not got a full squad to pick from. Niall Owens (Knock) and Matthew Lusty (Broken collarbone) are not able to play.
💭 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Newry City should be able to put a goal past this Dungannon Swifts team, but a single goal possibly won’t quite prevent defeat.
We are therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-2 advantage for Dungannon Swifts at the end of the match. We’ll have to see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 13:05 13/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Newry City
Formed: 2013
Stadium: The Showgrounds (2,809)
Captain: Darren King
Chairman: Martin McLoughlin
Manager: Barry Gray
Competitions: Premiership position 12
🔑 Key Player: Lorcan Forde
Regularly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Lorcan Forde was born in N. Ireland. Having made a first senior appearance for Warrenpoint Town in the 2017 - 2018 season, the accomplished Forward has contributed 2 league goals in this Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 82 | WWWDW |
2 |
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34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 51 | 80 | WDWWL |
3 |
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34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 71 | LLWLD |
4 |
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35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 58 | WDWWL |
5 |
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34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 57 | DLWWD |
6 |
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34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 42 | WDDDD |
7 |
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34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 39 | DWLWL |
8 |
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34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -23 | 38 | DLWLL |
9 |
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34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 37 | DWLLW |
10 |
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34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 35 | WLLDW |
11 |
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34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -42 | 22 | LLLLW |
12 |
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34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | -62 | 17 | LWLLL |
Ballymena United |
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Newry City |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Dungannon Swifts |
Glenavon |
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Newry City |
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Crusaders |
Linfield |
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Glenavon |
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Loughgall |
Newry City |
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Carrick Rangers |
Coleraine |
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Glentoran |
Newry City |
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Crusaders |
Newry City |
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Coleraine |
Newry City |
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Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
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Glenavon |
Newry City |
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Carrick Rangers |
Coleraine |
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Dungannon Swifts |
Glenavon |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Dungannon Swifts |
Linfield |
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Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
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Goals scored | 0.4 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2.7 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Adam Salley | 10 |
Ciarán O'Connor | 3 |
Adam Carroll | 2 |
Lorcan Forde | 2 |
Lee Newell | 2 |
Ben Gallagher | 9 |
Matthew Lusty | 9 |
Tomas Galvin | 8 |
Kealan Dillon | 5 |
Thomas Maguire | 4 |
Newry City |
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Loughgall |
Dungannon Swifts |
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Ballymena United |