About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Larne 3rd with 16 points, Portadown 12th with 1, 15 apart. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Larne run at 2 scored and 0.5 conceded, Portadown at 0.63 and 2.13. A win would lift Larne to 19 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Larne arrive on a run of five straight wins. Portadown's winless run stands at 8. Over the last five, Larne have taken 15 of 15 points to Portadown's 1.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Larne have 4 wins to Portadown's 4, with 3 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 64% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 55%.
The match takes place at Inver Park in Larne (capacity 6,000).