Glentoran vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on January 18th, 2025

Glentoran and Larne will meet each other in a football match counting for Premiership on January 18th, 2025, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Glentoran vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Glentoran vs Larne will occur

The game takes place in the small The Oval stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 15000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Glentoran 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 2.52 goals per match played.

Glentoran last match

In the last match they played, Glentoran collected a win. The opposing team was Crusaders, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-2 - was valid for Irish League Cup.

The game had to be decided in penalty kicks, after a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes and another in overtime.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.65.

Larne 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, Larne faced the Cliftonville team, and the score ended with a 0-1 for their rivals.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 0-0 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.90, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Glentoran vs Larne h2h

It was on 02-11-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-2 win for Larne, was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership.

Glentoran

Premiership leaderboard now

The Glentoran team with 38 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 11 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses.

In the 26th round, the team enjoys an advantage of 1 point over the 4th place ranked Portadown team. The team also has 1 point less than Dungannon Swifts team that is placed in the 2nd place.

Glentoran analysis

Glentoran after 25 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 28 goals and conceded only 20 to opponents.

Glentoran 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 2.83 shots per game, with an average goal of 1.22 per match: as many as 40 percent of the total shots have gone in.

Glentoran has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 28 times with 1688 attacks, while Larne has only scored 22 times with 1310 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Glentoran

Jordan Jenkins has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 6 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Glentoran to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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

Larne

Premiership leaderboard now

The Larne team with 32 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 5 draws, and 4 losses.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 1 point, in the 26th round is followed by the Cliftonville team in 6th place.

Larne analysis

After round 25 of Premiership we count 22 goals scored by Larne and 13 conceded.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Premiership.

It is an average ball possession of 56.33% that the Larne team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

Away Larne does not usually give much chance to opponents, with a balance of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws in the Premiership.

Larne 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 Glentoran.

Best goalscorer from Larne

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

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.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Larne boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Glentoran, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Glentoran is Jordan Jenkins, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Larne is Andrew Ryan, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Glentoran 0.64 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Larne 1.5 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 1.53.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.16 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Glentoran side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Larne who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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