About Match
H&W Welders go into the game 2nd in the table on 15 points; Newry City AFC sit 6th on 10 — a 5-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: H&W Welders 2.17 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Newry City AFC 1.5 and 1.83, with the league averaging 1.71. Three points here take H&W Welders to 18 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
H&W Welders arrive on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — H&W Welders 3, draws 1, Newry City AFC 2, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
Blanchflower Stadium in Belfast stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000.