About Match
12 points and 6 places separate them: Coleraine 1st with 22, Glentoran 7th with 10. 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. Glentoran would climb to 13 points with a win and up to 4th (other results held equal).
Six consecutive wins precede this game for Coleraine, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Coleraine 15/15, Glentoran 4/15.
The sides have met 19 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Coleraine, 4 draws and 8 for Glentoran, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 74% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 74%. The last five meetings averaged 3.8 goals, well above the all-time 2.95.
The venue is The Showgrounds in Coleraine, with room for 2,496 spectators.