Glenavon vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 26th, 2024

Glenavon and Portadown will play on Thursday, December 26th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Premiership game to be held in Northern Ireland, 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 is set to 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

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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 2.56 goals per match played.

Glenavon last match

In the last match they played, Glenavon collected a defeat. The opposing team was Linfield, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-0 - was valid for Premiership.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 7.00 indicated as much.

Portadown last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Portadown faced the Crusaders team, and the score ended in favor with a 1-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.10, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Glenavon vs Portadown h2h

The last time these teams met was less than a month ago, on 23-11-2024. In a Premiership 2024/2025 match, Portadown came out on top and beat their rivals by 1-0.

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

The Portadown team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Glenavon team, which won only 1 match.

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Glenavon

Premiership leaderboard now

Glenavon joins this game with 19 points, having lost 10 games, winning only 4, and scoring 7 draws. The team ranks in 11th place in the Premiership and suffers from a negative balance.

The team has no advantage against the Carrick Rangers team who holds the 10th place in the 23rd round.

Glenavon will try to profit of the home factor to get a win in spite of being ranked in the middle of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns.

Glenavon analysis

After 22 rounds, Glenavon has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 30 goals so far and scored 17 times.

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

The performances of Glenavon in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

Over the course of the tournament, Glenavon recorded an average ball possession of 49.07%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Glenavon will play against Portadown, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Best goalscorer from Glenavon

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight David McDaid. With 5 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Glenavon team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

The Portadown team with 34 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 10 wins, 4 draws, and 6 losses.

Which means that the team is over Glentoran team who is in the position 3 in the 23rd round but with the same number of points.

Portadown analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Portadown sums 28 goals for and a total of 19 goals against, after 22 rounds played.

With a sequence of 2 wins in the Premiership, Portadown is in a wonderful moment where they are the favorite.

Portadown average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 2.95 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 1.4 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Premiership.

Portadown is a more offensive team than Glenavon, having 1070 attacks vs. 935 from Glenavon, having scored 28 times, in comparison, Glenavon converted into goal 17 times.

Best goalscorer from Portadown

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Ryan Mayse so far in the competition. With 8 goals with his signature, the Midfielder has helped his team Portadown to achieve victorious results this season.

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.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Glenavon is David McDaid, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Portadown is Ryan Mayse, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

Portadown has conceded 9 away goals in 9 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 1-0, something to take into consideration.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Glenavon 1.18 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Portadown 1.44 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 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 3.1 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.14 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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