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Portadown now have the second best home record in the league this season.

The Ports have won eight, drawn four and lost four of their 16 home league games so far this season.

44% of Portadown’s League goals this season have come in the final 15 minutes plus stoppage time.

Interestingly Portadown have conceded the least goals (5) in the final 15 minutes plus stoppage time in the league this season.

70% of Crusaders conceded goals in the league this season have come at home.

The Crues have kept clean sheets in 47% of their away league games this season while keeping just 12% clean sheets at home.

Crusaders head to the Oval this weekend to play Glentoran knowing that a win guarantees them a top six finish but a win for either Coleraine or Portadown will also secure them a top six finish.

The Crues won their last league game at the Oval 1-0 with a goal from the now departed Kieran Offord.

The Oval has seen the least goals scored in the league this season (25) with Glentoran keeping nine clean sheets.

Carrick Rangers have now had five scoreless draws in their last eight home league games.

There have only been six goals scored in Carrick's last nine home league games (two for the home team and four for the away team)

Carrick have kept clean sheets in 53% of their home league games this season whilst keeping just 7% clean sheets in their away league games this season.

Linfield have only lost two of their last 19 league games since David Walsh became first choice keeper in mid-November winning 15 and drawing two.

David has kept 11 clean sheets and conceded just ten goals in the 19 games.

At home in the league David has kept seven clean sheets in 11 matches conceding just five goals.

Coleraine are unbeaten in five league games for the first time this season and the first time in a year.

The Bannsiders are the only team unbeaten in their last five league games.

Coleraine’s Matthew Shevlin leads the way for this season’s golden boot with 20 goals in 30 league appearances.

Matthew is just three goals shy of his career league record 23 for Coleraine in the 22/23 season in 37 league appearances.

He has also never lost a career league game against this weekend’s opponents and top six competitors Portadown (nine wins, three draws) scoring five goals in his last five league appearances against Niall Currie's side.

A win for either Coleraine or Portadown this weekend will see them confirm a top six place, but a draw will see both sides safely into the top six if Crusaders lose to Glentoran.

23% of league games this season have either ended 1-0, either to the home or away team.

The last time Coleraine finished outside the top six in the league was in the 14/15 season, surprisingly the same season Portadown last finished in the top six.

Linfield have now won the league for the 15th time in the 21st Century.

Joel Cooper is on course to secure the most goal contributions in the league this season as his tally now stands at 28 (18 goals and ten assists).

Cooper has a few contenders for the most league assists, as his Linfield teammate and regular top assist contributor Kirk Millar breathes down his neck on eight.

A special mention must go to Dungannon Swifts' Guinea-Bissau international Leonel Alves who has nine assists in 30 games for Rodney McAree's in the league this season.

Alves, who joined the Swifts in 23/24 season, has 17 assists in 62 league games for Dungannon Swifts.

During his ten caps for Guinea-Bissau, Leonel has graced the pitch with the likes of Liverpool’s Mo Salah, Man City new signing Omar Marmoush, current Al-Nassr star Sadio Mane and Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr.