Match Report
In the standings it was Bangor 6th on 3 points, Portadown 3rd on 8 — separated by 5. The last five rounds placed Portadown no better than 22nd for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Bangor were scoring 0.6 and conceding 1.6, Portadown 1.6 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Bangor wins, 2 for Portadown, 2 draws, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings.
Bangor Fuels Arena, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. The referee was S. Gregg, with 46 matches in our database and 1.3 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Portadown led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-4.
Goal scorers
Bangor: Jay Boyd (26'), Daniel Hannan (90') · Portadown: Eamon Fyfe (8'), B. Quinn (31'), Joshua Ukek (90'), James Teelan (90')
Key stats
Possession: Bangor 54% · Portadown 46% · Total shots: 2-4 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 1-4