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Portadown have picked up the most points from losing positions in the league this season after the 75th minute (13).

Portadown have also scored 43% of their league goals this season in the final 15 minutes plus stoppage time.

Carrick Rangers have lost the most points in league games after the 75th minute this season (10) scoring only three goals in that time period.

Glentoran have kept eight clean sheets at home in the league this season (67%). Glentoran have only kept two away clean sheets in their last 15 away league games.

Coleraine have back to back league clean sheets for the first time since March 2024.

Linfield have only lost one of their last 18 away league games.

Seven of Kieran Offord’s 11 league goals this season have been winning goals.

Only three teams, Glentoran, Larne and Ballymena United have picked up more points away from home than at home in the league this season.

Larne have lost four of their 13 home league games this season conceding 11 goals - before this season Larne only lost two of their previous 40 home league games, conceding just 19.

Crusaders have kept ten clean sheets in their last 20 away league games.

Carrick Rangers have lost 57% of their league games this season by one goal.

Portadown and Dungannon Swifts are the only teams not to be involved in a league 0-0 this season.

Dungannon’s last league 0-0 was on 13th October 2023 and Portadown’s last top flight league 0-0 was on 29th April 2023

Cliftonville’s 0-0 with Coleraine in their last away league game was their first away clean sheet of the season and their first in 20 away league games.

Portadown are having their best top flight season in ten years. Portadown’s 39 points so far is higher than their last five top flight seasons with 11 games still to play.

Dungannon Swifts current points tally of 40 points already beats 11 of their 21st century top flight seasons.

The most points Dungannon have secured in the top flight in the 21st century is 57. They need 18 points from their last 11 games to beat this.

The average points total to finish 6th before the split after 33 games over the last ten seasons is 49 points.

Linfield have only lost one of the 23 league games Matthew Fitzpatrick has scored in or assisted in (18 goals and 12 assists)

In 53% of Dungannon Swifts league games this season they have taken more than 10.5 shots, the highest in the league.

Carrick Rangers have only taken more than 10.5 shots in 11% of their league games.

Coleraine are unbeaten in their last six home league games against Glentoran.

Matthew Shevlin has scored seven goals in those six games.

Glentoran’s last league win at the Showgrounds was on the 22nd of December 2021.

Coleraine have only lost one of their last 15 home league games against Glentoran (8 wins, 6 draws)

Matthew Shevlin has 12 career league goals against Glentoran and has never lost a game when he has scored against them.