Portadown vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on October 27th, 2024

Portadown and Larne will face each other in a Premiership game in Northern Ireland on Sunday, October 27th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), check the Portadown vs Larne betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Portadown vs Larne will occur

The game takes place in the small Shamrock Park stadium, in the city of Portadown, with a capacity for 5804 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Portadown 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 2.49 goals per match played.

Portadown last match

Portadown comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Dungannon Swifts, in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 2-0.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 1.95, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Larne last match

On the other hand, the visiting team appears in this match after drawing in the previous game. In a confrontation valid for Premiership, Larne faced the Crusaders team, and the score ended with a 1-1 draw.

A bad outcome at the end of the match with the draw (odd 3.50), especially considering that the chances of winning were quite high.

Portadown vs Larne h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 24-01-2023, in a match of the 2022/2023 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for Larne.

The Larne team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Portadown its counterpart.

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

Portadown arrives in this game with 15 points in 9th place in the Premiership, with a negative balance, having lost 5 games in total and won only 4, making a total of 3 draws.

The team, has the same score that the Larne team who occupies position 8 in the 14th round.

Portadown positioned in the middle of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership without high wishes, or relegation concerns will try to take advantage of playing at home to get a win.

Portadown analysis

At the end of round 13 of Premiership, Portadown collected 15 goals scored and 15 goals conceded.

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

Portadown has a ball possession percentage of 43.86% 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.

Best goalscorer from Portadown

Ryan Mayse has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Portadown to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Larne

Premiership leaderboard now

With 15 points won, Larne is in 8th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 2 losses, plus 3 draws.

This means that, in the 14th round, the team has the same score that the Portadown team that is just behind in 9th place.

Larne analysis

We have reached matchday 13 in Premiership and at the moment Larne has made 10 goals and conceded 7.

While the average number of shots on goal by Larne is relatively low, in contrast, the shooting accuracy of the forwards is very high. In fact, the team has an average value of 2.56 per game, but has 1.11 goals scored per match. In other words, it scored a goal in 40% of the circumstances in which it kicked at goal.

It is an average ball possession of 62.17% 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.

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Larne when playing away, who sports a balance of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws in the Premiership.

Best goalscorer from Larne

In this season, the individual highlight is Andrew Ryan that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 4 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Larne achieved in several matches.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 3 of the 4 goals scored have this characteristic.

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 Portadown is Ryan Mayse, 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 4 opportunities.

Larne has conceded 2 away goals in 4 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Larne will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 2-0, something to take into consideration.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Portadown 1.33 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Larne 1.25 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 1.9.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 3.14 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 2.92 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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