Dungannon Swifts vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 23rd, 2024

Dungannon Swifts and Larne will meet each other on December 23rd, 2024, Monday at 19:45h (UTC), in a match counting for the Premiership in Northern Ireland, check the Dungannon Swifts vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Dungannon Swifts vs Larne will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stangmore Park stadium, in the city of Dungannon, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Dungannon Swifts vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025

The Premiership has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.11 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.57 goals per match played.

Dungannon Swifts last match

Dungannon Swifts in its last official match lost (0-1) against Linfield, in a match valid for Premiership.

The odds for them to win, of 4.50 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Larne last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Irish League Cup, Larne faced the Annagh United team, and the score ended in favor with a 0-5.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.33, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Dungannon Swifts vs Larne h2h

The two teams have not faced each other since 06-10-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 0-3 win for Dungannon Swifts.

The performance of the Larne team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Dungannon Swifts team.

Dungannon Swifts

Premiership leaderboard now

The Dungannon Swifts team with 33 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 10 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses.

This means that Portadown team, in 3rd place, is close behind in the 22nd round with a disadvantage of 2 points.

Dungannon Swifts analysis

Since this is the last round of the league, the dynamics of the matches are filled with anticipation and significance. In this crucial stage, where every point can make a difference, certain teams find themselves in unique situations that add an extra layer of intrigue to their final fixture. Let's take a look at how the final round impacts Dungannon Swifts and their position in the league table.

At the end of round 21 of Premiership, Dungannon Swifts collected 27 goals scored and 24 goals conceded.

The Dungannon Swifts team comes from a defeat in the Premiership, and its coach Rodney McAree wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Dungannon Swifts is certainly not the team that has totaled the most danger to opposing goalkeepers this year, but when it creates some it knows how to hurt. The team has averaged so far 3.14 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.29 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

Dungannon Swifts has a ball possession percentage of 48.79% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Larne and especially that the team will score more goals.

Having won 4 games away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

Dungannon Swifts has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 27 times with 1253 attacks, while Larne has only scored 16 times with 1012 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Dungannon Swifts

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning John McGovern. The Attacker has already scored 5 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Dungannon Swifts, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Larne

Premiership leaderboard now

With 22 points won, Larne is in 9th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 6 wins against 4 losses, plus 4 draws.

Which means that in the 22nd round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 3 points over Carrick Rangers team who is in the 10th place.

Larne analysis

As we enter the final round of the league, the matches become filled with anticipation and significance. This pivotal stage presents an opportunity for every point to make a difference, and certain teams find themselves in intriguing situations that add an extra layer of excitement to their ultimate game. Join us as we examine the impact of the final round on Larne and their position in the league table.

Larne after 21 days has put up 16 goals scored, and taken 12, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. This is the reason why the Larne team usually guns for an average ball possession of 57.73% to control the game.

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Larne when playing away, who sports a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws in the Premiership.

Best goalscorer from Larne

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Andrew Ryan is the player to highlight. Helping Larne with 5 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 4 of the 5 goals scored have this characteristic.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Dungannon Swifts is John McGovern, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Larne is Andrew Ryan, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Dungannon Swifts 1.4 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Larne 1.33 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 3.6 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.67 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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