Dungannon Swifts vs Coleraine FC Prediction

Two very different recent runs

Coleraine's domestic form has been excellent. Their last twenty matches show sixteen wins against just three defeats, and most of the losses came in European competition rather than the league.

Dungannon Swifts: 20 completed matches; Coleraine FC: 20 completed matches.

Dungannon Swifts

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

23

Difference

+8

Coleraine FC

20 matches

Win

80% 16 / 20

Draw

5% 1 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

23

Difference

+22

Dungannon's numbers are more modest. Ten wins from twenty, with six defeats and four draws, and their most recent league games have swung between a win, a draw and a couple of losses. There's no clear run of form either way for them right now.

Coleraine go into this with more rhythm behind them domestically than Dungannon currently have.

Recent head-to-head favours Coleraine

The last meeting between these two, in August, ended with Coleraine winning 3-1 at Dungannon. Looking further back, Coleraine have had some big wins in this fixture, including a 4-0 and a 5-0.

It's not all one-way traffic though. Dungannon won 3-1 earlier this year and there have been draws scattered through the history too, so it isn't a case of Coleraine always dominating this particular matchup.

Dungannon's early scorers

The player data we have covers just two matches for Dungannon, so it's a small sample rather than a full picture. J. McGovern has scored twice in that span, with J. Knowles, A. Mitchell and Leonel Alves each chipping in a goal.

Dungannon Swifts:

Best scorers:

J. McGovern - 2

J. Knowles - 1

A. Mitchell - 1

Penalty cards:

T. Maguire x 1

T. Maguire has picked up a yellow card in the same two games. There's nothing here on Coleraine's personnel, so we can't compare squads directly.

Still some time before kickoff

This preview is being put together around a month before the match is actually played. Coleraine's current strong form and Dungannon's patchier results are a snapshot of where both sides stand now, not a guarantee of how they'll look by matchday.

Cup matches can also throw up different team selections compared with league games, which adds another layer of uncertainty here.