About Match
13 points for Coleraine (1st), 12 for Linfield (3rd): a 1-point gap. Per game in the league, Coleraine score 2.4 and conceding 0.4, Linfield 1.2 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game. Victory would move Linfield to 15 points and up to 1st, overtaking Coleraine, with other results unchanged.
Coleraine enter with three wins in a row. Linfield have won four straight.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 6 Coleraine wins, 5 for Linfield, 6 draws, at 2.94 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 35% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 71% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue is The Showgrounds in Coleraine, with room for 2,496 spectators.