About Match
In the standings it is Coleraine 1st on 22 points, Glentoran 7th on 10 — separated by 12. Scoring rates set the scale: Coleraine 2.25 scored and 0.63 conceded per game, Glentoran 1.38 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.34. A win here leaves Glentoran on 13 points and up to 4th, other results permitting.
Coleraine enter with six wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Coleraine have banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Glentoran, 4.
19 meetings are on record — 7 won by Coleraine, 8 by Glentoran, 4 drawn, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 74% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 74%. Recent editions have opened up: 3.8 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.95 historically.
The match takes place at The Showgrounds in Coleraine (capacity 2,496).