Glentoran host Limavady United in the Northern Ireland Premiership. Neither side has found much consistency this season, with both teams blowing hot and cold across their last handful of league games.
The two sides have already met once this season, back in August, and that game gives us a useful starting point. Since then results have moved on for both clubs, so it's worth seeing where they stand now.
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Mixed form on both sides
Glentoran's last five Premiership outings read win, win, loss, draw, loss, then a win away at Cliftonville most recently. That's a team capable of good results but not stringing them together.
Glentoran: 20 completed matches; Limavady United: 20 completed matches.
Glentoran
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 36
- Conceded
- 32
- Difference
- +4
Limavady United
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +1
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Glentoran | Carrick Rangers | 26.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premiership | Cliftonville FC | Glentoran | 19.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Coleraine FC | 15.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Bangor | 12.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Larne | Glentoran | 04.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Crusaders FC | 29.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Ballymena United | Glentoran | 21.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Linfield | Glentoran | 15.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Limavady United | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Rīgas FS | Glentoran | 16.07.2026 | 2-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Limavady United | Cliftonville FC | 26.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Coleraine FC | Limavady United | 19.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Bangor | 15.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Premiership | Crusaders FC | Limavady United | 12.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Dungannon Swifts | 05.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Linfield | 29.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Limavady United | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Strabane Athletic | 01.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Linfield | 24.07.2026 | 0-1 |
Limavady United have won two of their last seven league games, including a home win over Bangor and an away win at Crusaders, but they've also lost their last two and sit with the leakier defence of the two sides.
Both teams are prone to inconsistent runs rather than settled form.
Comparative Team Statistics: Glentoran vs Limavady United
Recent head-to-head favours Glentoran
The two clubs met in the Premiership in August this year, and Glentoran won 2-0 at home. There's also a friendly from August 2025 where Limavady won 1-0, though that carries far less weight given the context.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Glentoran | Limavady United | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Glentoran | 02.08.2025 | 1-0 |
On the evidence we have, the competitive meeting between these two current squads went comfortably Glentoran's way.
Table shows a gap, but it's early days
Glentoran sit seventh with 10 points from eight games, while Limavady are down in tenth with six points from seven. That's a four-point gap with games still to play out.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Crusaders FC | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15/14 | 15 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13/10 | 13 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9/8 | 13 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12/11 | 9 |
| 10 | Limavady United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7/11 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangor | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8/19 | 5 |
It's a reasonable reflection of recent form, but with this few matches played the table can still shift quickly either way.
How the game might shape up
Glentoran's home form this season has been patchy, with two wins, a draw and two losses in their last five at their own ground. That doesn't point to a guaranteed home performance.
Limavady have managed a win and two losses in their recent away games, and their away goals return has been thin. If Glentoran click into the version of themselves that beat Linfield and Limavady earlier in the season, this could be comfortable, but their inconsistency leaves room for a tighter contest too.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Connolly | Republic of Ireland | 31 | Attacker | 176 cm | 79 kg |
| N. McGinn | Northern Ireland | 39 | Attacker | 183 cm | 75 kg |
| D. O'Connor | Republic of Ireland | 29 | Midfielder | 173 cm | n/a |
| D. Parfitt-Williams | Bermuda | 30 | Attacker | 168 cm | 64 kg |
| J. Donnelly | Northern Ireland | 31 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Jenkins | Northern Ireland | 26 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| D. Fisher | England | 24 | Attacker | 178 cm | 68 kg |
| A. Henderson | Northern Ireland | 22 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| W. Aouachria | Algeria | 26 | Attacker | 188 cm | 75 kg |
| F. Thorndike | England | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Wightman | Northern Ireland | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| L. Boyd | Northern Ireland | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| B. Locke | Northern Ireland | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| L. Donnelly | Northern Ireland | 20 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| J. Douglas | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. Smyth | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| G. Feeney | Northern Ireland | 18 | Attacker | 178 cm | n/a |
| J. McClure | Northern Ireland | 18 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| C. Weatherup | Northern Ireland | 18 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Johnson | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Doherty | Northern Ireland | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| D. Brown | Northern Ireland | 28 | Midfielder | 180 cm | n/a |
| J. McCready | Northern Ireland | 36 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Moffatt | Northern Ireland | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. McKendry | Northern Ireland | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| P. Owens | Northern Ireland | 43 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| A. Whiteside | Northern Ireland | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Doherty | Northern Ireland | 30 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Pomeroy | Northern Ireland | 29 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. McCrudden | Northern Ireland | 35 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. Tosh | Northern Ireland | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Tennant | Northern Ireland | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. O'Kane | Northern Ireland | 34 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| I. Parkhill | Northern Ireland | 36 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| E. Devlin | Northern Ireland | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. McCloskey | Northern Ireland | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Lowry | Northern Ireland | 39 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Butcher | Northern Ireland | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Boorman | Northern Ireland | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Jake Wallace | Northern Ireland | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
Without a market to assess, and with both sides showing patchy form coming into this one, we're not making a case either way here.
Glentoran's recent head-to-head edge and better league position give them a reasonable claim, but their own inconsistency this season means we'd rather watch how the picture develops than back anything with confidence right now.
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