Portadown vs Limavady United Prediction & Betting Tips

Form: a struggling host against an away side with flickers of life

Portadown's Premiership form this season is bleak. Across their last eight league matches they've lost seven and drawn one, without a single win. They've shipped 17 goals in that spell while scoring only five, which points to a defence that's been opened up repeatedly.

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Portadown to win

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£43.20

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Draw

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Limavady United to win

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Odds2.66

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Portadown: 20 completed matches; Limavady United: 20 completed matches.

Portadown

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

33

Difference

-10

Limavady United

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

21

Difference

+1

Limavady United haven't been flying either, but there's more variation in their results. In their last seven league games they've won twice, including a 3-1 home win over Bangor and a 2-1 away win at Crusaders, sandwiched between five defeats. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 loss at Coleraine, so the wins haven't quite turned into a run.

Limavady's away form is patchy rather than poor, while Portadown's home form has been consistently bad.

Comparative Team Statistics: Portadown vs Limavady United

Head-to-head: thin and mostly from years ago

There have only been five recorded meetings between these two, and most of them go back to the 2017-18 Championship season, well before either club's current setup. Three of those older games were draws.

The only recent meeting was an Irish Cup tie in January 2022, which Portadown won 2-0 at home. That's a single result from a different competition and doesn't tell us much about where either side stands now.

Standings: both clubs fighting from the bottom

Limavady sit tenth with six points from seven games, having won twice and lost five. Portadown are twelfth, one place and five points behind, with just a single draw from eight matches and seven defeats.

The gap in points is significant given how close the two sides are in the table. Portadown's goal difference is also worse, having conceded 17 against Limavady's 11.

Limavady arrive with more points on the board and a slightly healthier goal record, despite sitting only one place above Portadown.

What might unfold

Portadown's home matches this season have leaked goals regularly, so there's a reasonable chance Limavady can find the net if their attack shows up. Limavady's away form has swung between decent wins and one-sided losses, so it's not a guaranteed banker either.

With Portadown winless in the league and Limavady picking up occasional results away from home, this has the shape of a game where the home side's poor form is the bigger story, but consistency has been an issue for both.