Match Report
0 points for Portadown (12th), 13 for Coleraine (1st): a 13-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Portadown 0.6 scored and 2.2 conceded per game, Coleraine 2.4 and 0.4, with the league averaging 1.31.
Portadown arrived off three straight defeats. Coleraine had not lost in 13 games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Portadown against 13/15 for Coleraine.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Portadown, 3 draws and 7 for Coleraine, at 2.7 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
The venue was Shamrock Park, with room for 5,804 spectators. With 5 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, N. Devlin was the man in the middle. Coleraine led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Coleraine: Matthew Shevlin (4'), Senan Devine (27'), Will Patching (72')
Key stats
Possession: Portadown 40% · Coleraine 60% · Total shots: 9-19 · On target: 0-10 · Corners: 3-13