About Match
10 points for Glentoran (7th), 19 for Linfield (2nd): a 9-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.38/1.25 for Glentoran and 1.13/0.63 for Linfield (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.34. Glentoran would climb to 13 points with a win and up to 4th (other results held equal).
Defeat has not touched Linfield in 7 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Glentoran hold 4 points of 15 and Linfield 13.
18 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Glentoran 6, draws 5, Linfield 7, at 1.72 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 28% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue is Melvin Sports Complex in Strabane, with room for 26,556 spectators.




