Glenavon vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on October 05th, 2024

Glenavon and Portadown will face each other in a Premiership game in Northern Ireland on Saturday, October 05th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), check the Glenavon vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Glenavon vs Portadown will occur

The game will be played in the small Mourneview Park stadium, in the city of Lurgan, 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 find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Glenavon vs Portadown 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 2.47 goals per match played.

Glenavon last match

In the last match played, Glenavon met Newington Youth, in a match valid for the Irish League Cup. The match ended in a win by 2-3.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds .

Portadown last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Irish League Cup, Portadown faced the Ards team, and the score ended with a 0-1 for their rivals.

The odds of show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

Glenavon vs Portadown h2h

It was on 16-01-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-1 win for Portadown, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Irish League Cup.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Glenavon

Premiership leaderboard now

Glenavon enters into this match occupying 10th place in the Premiership with a negative balance. The team has scored 10 points, winning only 2 games, losing 4, and scoring 4 draws.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 2 points over Portadown team who holds the 9th place in the 11th round.

Glenavon has no high aspirations or relegation concerns, being positioned in the middle of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership. Still, the team will try to take advantage of the home factor to take home a win.

Glenavon analysis

At the end of round 10 of Premiership, Glenavon collected 8 goals scored and 13 goals conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Glenavon is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

With an average ball possession of 48.83% per game in the current league, Glenavon cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Portadown they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

The relentless schedule ahead could prove to be a hurdle for Glenavon in maintaining their peak performance during multiple games in a short span of time. Despite the odds predicting a closely fought contest between Glenavon and Portadown, the team's busy schedule could impact the result in favor of their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Glenavon

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Barney McKeown. With 2 goals on his own, the Defender has been instrumental in helping the Glenavon team achieving several victories this season.

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

With 12 points won, Portadown is in 9th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 3 wins against 3 losses, plus 3 draws.

In the 11th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to the Coleraine team who places just above in 8th place.

Portadown analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Portadown sums 13 goals for and a total of 11 goals against, after 10 rounds played.

Portadown does not average a high number of shots, but in terms of accuracy, the team's results are really good. The team, in fact, averaged 2.56 shots towards the opponent's goal in each match, averaging 1.44 goals. In fact, 2 out of every 5 shots end up in the net.

The chances of an opposing team beating Portadown are low, with the latter having a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw when playing away in the Premiership.

Portadown could face difficulties in maintaining their top form when confronted with a packed schedule featuring several games in a short span. Despite the odds pointing towards a close contest, the team's busy schedule could impact their performance against Glenavon.

Best goalscorer from Portadown

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Ryan Mayse. The Midfielder has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Portadown avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Historical data: Portadown

The Portadown team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 4 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress its opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

Portadown has conceded 3 away goals in 4 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Portadown will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 0-1, 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.

Taking into consideration that Portadown scores an average of 1.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.95.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 1.52 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.1 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

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