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Portadown have picked up an impressive 14 points from their 9 games against last seasons top 6 (Won 4, drew 2, lost 3) with their 3 defeats all coming by 1 goal.

Ballymena have now gone 29 league games without a draw.

Carrick 0-0 with Loughgall last time out was their first 0-0 in the league since 26th December 2022 (75 matches)

Nine players have played every minute in the league this season - Dungannon Swifts left back Adam Glenny has played the most after playing every minute of Dungannon's 21 league games this season (1890 minutes)

324 players have appeared in this seasons Sports Direct Premiership including 13 nationalities ranging from Burundi, Dominican Republic to Hungary.

Both teams have scored in 45% of league games this season.

In the 115 league games so far this season there has been an average of 9.64 corners per match, with Dungannon games having the highest average of (12.84 corners per game) and Linfield having the highest individual team average of (6.5) per game. Portadown (13.16) match average of corners per game at away matches is the league’s highest overall.

Cliftonville have only lost 3 of their last 14 league games against Glentoran at home.

Linfield have won their last 7 league games in a row against Glenavon at Windsor Park scoring 28 and conceding just 6.

Linfield’s David Walsh has only conceded 3 goals in his last 7 league starts for the Blues, keeping 4 clean sheets in the process. Walsh’s 7 league starts in a row is his longest run in the Linfield first team.

Niall Currie’s Portadown have picked up 16 points from their last 7 league games, this is Nialls best run as a manager in the topflight of Irish league football.

Glenavon have scored 6 goals in their last two league games, you have to go back 13 league games for their previous 6 league goals.

Linfield have held the lead in 48% of league matches this season, the highest in the league. The Blues spend on average 43 minutes per game leading the match.

There have been 22 goals in Loughgall’s last 5 league fixtures against Ballymena, Ryan Waide scoring for both clubs in the fixture and then went on to lose both games he scored in.

Dungannon have had 14 clean sheets in their last 25 league games, you have to go back 114 league games for their previous 14 clean sheets.