Dungannon Swifts vs Linfield betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 17th, 2024

A football match between Dungannon Swifts and Linfield of the Premiership will take place in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024, at 19:45h (UTC), check the Dungannon Swifts vs Linfield betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Dungannon Swifts vs Linfield will occur

The game will 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

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

Introduction to the Dungannon Swifts vs Linfield 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 2.61 goals per match played.

Dungannon Swifts last match

Dungannon Swifts in its last official match lost (2-0) against Crusaders, in a match valid for Irish League Cup.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 2-2 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of .

Linfield last match

Linfield appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Irish League Cup game, the team faced Glentoran, and the score ended with a 0-1.

They were defeated despite having all the favoritism before the match. A lost match that was not in anyone's plans, a result that counted with odds of .

Dungannon Swifts vs Linfield h2h

The two teams have not faced each other since 17-08-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 3-1 win for Linfield.

The Linfield team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Dungannon Swifts its counterpart.

R. Greer and B. Sfirloaga will be supporting from the sideline while E. Boyce will be on the football field for this match.

Dungannon Swifts

Premiership leaderboard now

The Dungannon Swifts team with 30 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Glentoran team who occupies position 3 in the 20th round.

Dungannon Swifts analysis

After 19 matches, Dungannon Swifts shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 26 goals and conceded 23.

With 49.42% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Dungannon Swifts can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Linfield they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

Having won 3 games away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

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.

Linfield

Premiership leaderboard now

The Linfield team with 38 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 12 wins, 2 draws, and 4 losses.

Linfield analysis

We have reached matchday 19 in Premiership and at the moment Linfield has made 35 goals and conceded 16.

Linfield 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 4.06 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.94 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Premiership.

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Linfield when playing away, who sports a balance of 7 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws in the Premiership.

Linfield is a more offensive team than Dungannon Swifts, having 1446 attacks vs. 1071 from Dungannon Swifts, having scored 35 times, in comparison, Dungannon Swifts converted into goal 26 times.

Best goalscorer from Linfield

Joel Cooper has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 9 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Linfield to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

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 Linfield is Joel Cooper, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

Linfield has conceded 7 away goals in 10 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Linfield will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-1, something to take into consideration.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Dungannon Swifts 1.56 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Linfield 2 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.46 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.47 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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