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Glenavon 0-2 Linfield - December 16, 2023 / Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024

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Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024 - Journée 21

Mourneview Park - Lurgan - Northern Ireland

December 16, 2023 - 15:00

Glenavon

0 - 2

Linfield

34'

Rhys Annett (right foot) Assist by Kyle McClean

76'

Joel Cooper (left foot) Assist by Aodhan Doherty

logo Glenavon GLE

11' - Yellow card Niall Quinn11

18' - Red card Robert Garrett18

25' - Substitution Conor McCloskeyis substituted by Sean Ward25

34' - Goal Rhys Annett

logo Glenavon GLE

47' - Yellow card Kyle McClean

48' - Substitution Jamie Mulgrewis substituted by Joshua Archer

57' - Substitution Aaron Prendergastis substituted by Tiernan Mulvenna57

58' - Yellow card Jack Malone58

60' - Yellow card Conor Kerr60

61' - Yellow card Matthew Fitzpatrick

67' - Yellow card Calum Birney67

69' - Substitution Rhys Annettis substituted by Aodhan Doherty

76' - Red card Matthew Snoddy76

76' - Goal Joel Cooper

81' - Substitution Calum Birneyis substituted by Stephen Teggart81

85' - Substitution Kirk Millaris substituted by Braiden Graham

90' - Substitution Euan Eastis substituted by Michael Newberry

92' - Yellow card Joel Cooper

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Glenavon

0 - 2

Linfield

Glenavon Linfield

Team line-ups

Glenavon

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17McCloskey25

Conor McCloskey

Northern Ireland

B.date29/01/1992

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

21Prendergast57

Aaron Prendergast

Northern Ireland

B.date30/01/2004

Age19 years

positionForward

10Campbell

Peter Campbell

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1997

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

8Malone58

Jack Malone

Republic of Ireland

B.date05/04/2000

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

28Garrett18

Robert Garrett

Northern Ireland

B.date05/05/1988

Age35 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Baird

Isaac Baird

Northern Ireland

B.date16/03/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

11Quinn11

Niall Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1993

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

4Birney8167

Calum Birney

Northern Ireland

B.date19/04/1993

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2Kerr60

Conor Kerr

Northern Ireland

B.date07/06/1999

Age24 years

positionMidfield

7Snoddy76

Matthew Snoddy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/06/1993

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

1Brown

Rory Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date25/05/2000

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rory Brown		23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Calum Birney	8167	30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Niall Quinn	11	30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Robert Garrett	18	35	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Isaac Baird		19	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Matthew Snoddy	76	30	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Conor Kerr	60	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jack Malone	58	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Conor McCloskey	25	31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Aaron Prendergast	57	19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Peter Campbell		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Linfield

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

29Fitzpatrick61

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Northern Ireland

B.date02/09/1994

Age29 years

positionCentre forward

36Annett3469

Rhys Annett

Northern Ireland

B.date06/11/2004

Age19 years

positionCentre forward

9Cooper7692

Joel Cooper

Northern Ireland

B.date29/02/1996

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

8McClean47

Kyle McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date03/10/1998

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22Mulgrew48

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age37 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

7Millar85

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

16Clarke

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

3East90

Euan East

Scotland

B.date05/07/2000

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

15Hall

Ben Hall

Northern Ireland

B.date16/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Finlayson

Daniel Finlayson

Northern Ireland

B.date19/01/2001

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

1Johns

Christopher Johns

Northern Ireland

B.date13/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Christopher Johns		28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ben Hall		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Daniel Finlayson		22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke		29	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew	48	37	417	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Joel Cooper	7692	27	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kyle McClean	47	25	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Euan East	90	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Rhys Annett	3469	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kirk Millar	85	31	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Matthew Fitzpatrick	61	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

150

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Ben Purvis		19
30	D	Sean Ward	25	39	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Tiernan Mulvenna	57	35	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Stephen Teggart	81	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jamie McDonagh		27
34	F	Cohen Henderson		17
49	F	Daniel Shiel		17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
51	G	David Walsh		21
4	D	Michael Newberry	90	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	D	Ryan McKay		19
53	M	Joshua Archer	48	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
60	F	Aodhan Doherty	69	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
64	F	Braiden Graham	85	16	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Dane McCullough		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Campbell

Stephen Teggart

OUT

Aaron Prendergast

Cohen Henderson

OUT

Calum Birney

Sean Ward

OUT

Conor McCloskey

Tiernan Mulvenna

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthew Clarke

Dane McCullough

OUT

Jamie Mulgrew

Joshua Archer

OUT

Kyle McClean

Michael Newberry

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen McDonnell

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

McDonnell vs Linfield

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

McDonnell vs Healy

0 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

397

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Healy vs Glenavon

18 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Healy vs McDonnell

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Referee

Evan Boyce

16 victories	6 draws	7 losses	Glenavon29 matches	General total	Linfield17 matches	12 victories	2 draws	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Glenavon3 matches	Season total	Linfield2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2024					Latest figure on April 02, 2024

4th official

Ian McNabb

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Glenavon3 matches	General total	Linfield1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Glenavon3 matches	Season total	Linfield1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 2024					Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Joel Cooper scored 6 goals vs Glenavon in his professional career

No Linfield manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Healy has done less than 0.83 goals conceded per game in NIFL Premiership.

Sean Ward played his game number 10 vs Linfield in his professional career with Glenavon

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

6	Coleraine	29 pts	21 rd
7	Carrick Rangers	24 pts	21 rd
8	Glenavon	23 pts	21 rd
9	Loughgall	22 pts	21 rd
10	Dungannon Swifts	18 pts	21 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Linfield	49 pts	20 rd
-1	2	Larne	48 pts	21 rd
	3	Cliftonville	45 pts	21 rd
+1	4	Glentoran	35 pts	21 rd
-1	5	Crusaders	35 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LGlenavon 0-4 Larne30/09/2023

VGlenavon 2-1 Dergview03/10/2023

LGlenavon 0-1 Cliftonville13/10/2023

VGlenavon 1-0 Dungannon Swifts04/11/2023

VGlenavon 2-0 Loughgall18/11/2023

DGlenavon 1-1 Coleraine02/12/2023

Overall

VGlenavon 2-0 Loughgall18/11/2023

VNewry City 0-3 Glenavon24/11/2023

VLimavady United 0-1 Glenavon28/11/2023

DGlenavon 1-1 Coleraine02/12/2023

VColeraine 2-3 Glenavon05/12/2023

LLarne 4-1 Glenavon08/12/2023

Current form

Away

VCarrick Rangers 1-2 Linfield13/10/2023

VCliftonville 0-1 Linfield20/10/2023

VNewry City 0-3 Linfield04/11/2023

VGlentoran 1-2 Linfield07/11/2023

LGlentoran 4-0 Linfield01/12/2023

DLarne 2-2 Linfield05/12/2023

Overall

VGlentoran 1-2 Linfield07/11/2023

LLinfield 1-2 Larne11/11/2023

VLinfield 4-0 Ballymena United25/11/2023

LGlentoran 4-0 Linfield01/12/2023

DLarne 2-2 Linfield05/12/2023

VLinfield 4-3 Dungannon Swifts09/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	10
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	2
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
743	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	645
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	15
4	Victories (Home / Away)	7
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
11	Losses (Competition total)	3
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.53
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Jack Malone	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Chris McKee
Calum Birney	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Chris McKee
Jack Malone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Chris Shields
Jack Malone	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Chris Shields
Stephen Teggart	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Joel Cooper
Stephen Teggart	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Chris Shields
Aaron Prendergast	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	Joel Cooper

Historical head to head

Home

127 matches

31 v

22 d

74 l

169 gf

259 ga

Away

135 matches

23 v

27 d

85 l

152 gf

295 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

5 v

1 d

2 l

18 gf

16 ga

Total

270 matches

59 v

50 d

161 l

339 gf

570 ga

Historical head to head

Home

135 matches

85 v

27 d

23 l

295 gf

152 ga

Away

127 matches

74 v

22 d

31 l

259 gf

169 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

2 v

1 d

5 l

16 gf

18 ga

Total

270 matches

161 v

50 d

59 l

570 gf

339 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 12, 1930
Home	7 - 1	February 12, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	January 25, 2020
Away	7 - 0	March 16, 1985

Latest head to head

August 15, 2023 - Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024

Linfield

4 - 2

Glenavon

January 14, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Glenavon

1 - 6

Linfield

November 12, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Linfield

2 - 1

Glenavon

October 18, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Linfield

3 - 2

Glenavon

January 22, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2021/2022

Linfield

2 - 0

Glenavon

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Kevin Braniff	3 goals	2014 - 2015
Matthew Fitzpatrick	3 goals	2021 - 2022
Mark Griffin	2 goals	2018 - 2018
Eoin Bradley	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Danny Purkis	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Andrew Mitchell	2 goals	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Glenavon

Andy Waterworth	10 goals	2013 - 2019
Aaron Burns	7 goals	2013 - 2017
Shayne Lavery	6 goals	2019 - 2021
Joel Cooper	5 goals	2019 - 2023
Chris Shields	4 goals	2023 - 2023
Christy Manzinga	4 goals	2021 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

James Singleton	24 matches	2013 - 2021
Rhys Marshall	20 matches	2013 - 2019
Jonathan Tuffey	20 matches	2015 - 2021
Andy McGrory	19 matches	2012 - 2018
Andrew Hall	16 matches	2015 - 2022
Gary Hamilton	16 matches	2012 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Glenavon

Jamie Mulgrew	29 matches	2012 - 2023
Matthew Clarke	28 matches	2013 - 2023
Kirk Millar	28 matches	2014 - 2023
Jimmy Callacher	27 matches	2014 - 2022
Andy Waterworth	27 matches	2013 - 2021
Niall Quinn	21 matches	2012 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jonathan Tuffey

191 matches

67 matches

2013 - 2021

Robert Garrett

142 matches

77 matches

2009 - 2023

Kris Lindsay

126 matches

5 matches

2007 - 2018

Sean Ward

113 matches

123 matches

2013 - 2023

Matthew Fitzpatrick

109 matches

19 matches

2020 - 2023

Guy Bates

95 matches

34 matches

2012 - 2017

Total : 25 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Niall Quinn

13 matches

288 matches

2012 - 2023

Andy Waterworth

25 matches

286 matches

2013 - 2022

Mark Haughey

68 matches

198 matches

2012 - 2022

Jordan Stewart

5 matches

159 matches

2017 - 2023

Joel Cooper

82 matches

149 matches

2015 - 2023

Mark Stafford

11 matches

130 matches

2015 - 2022

Total : 25 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 15, 2023

Ballymena United

0 2

Carrick Rangers

Line-ups available

Crusaders

0 3

Larne

Line-ups available

December 16, 2023

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Linfield	49	20	16	1	3	50	23	+27
-12	Larne	48	21	14	6	1	44	14	+30
3	Cliftonville	45	21	14	3	4	49	13	+36
+14	Glentoran	35	21	10	5	6	39	21	+18
-15	Crusaders	35	20	10	5	5	37	22	+15
6	Coleraine	29	21	8	5	8	29	35	-6
7	Carrick Rangers	24	21	7	3	11	28	48	-20
8	Glenavon	23	21	7	2	12	23	39	-16
9	Loughgall	22	21	6	4	11	33	44	-11
10	Dungannon Swifts	18	21	4	6	11	32	45	-13
11	Ballymena United	12	21	3	3	15	11	38	-27
12	Newry City	12	21	3	3	15	17	50	-33

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Glenavon 0-2 Linfield - December 16, 2023 / Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024

Glenavon

0 - 2

Linfield

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

McDonnell vs Linfield

McDonnell vs Healy

Manager

Healy vs Glenavon

Healy vs McDonnell

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Best historical scorers against Glenavon

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Players with most games played vs Glenavon

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking