Linfield FC vs Dungannon Swifts
Match details. Premiership, Regular Season - 14. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 16:00 Lagos time. It is played at Windsor Park, Belfast.
What's at stake. Linfield FC are 2nd on 32 points after 13 games, 3 points behind Coleraine FC, 6 points clear of Larne. A win would take them level on points with Coleraine FC. Dungannon Swifts are 9th on 14 points after 12 games, 1 point behind Crusaders FC, level on points with Limavady United. A win would take them above Crusaders FC.
Form. Linfield FC have won eight, drawn two and lost none of their last ten, 2.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W D W W. In this competition Linfield FC have gone W W D W W W. Dungannon Swifts have won three, drawn two and lost five of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L L D. In this competition Dungannon Swifts have gone L D L L D L.
The numbers. Linfield FC score 1.7 and concede 0.6 a game over their last ten, with five clean sheets. Linfield FC average 6.2 corners and 1.7 cards a game. Dungannon Swifts score 0.8 and concede one a game in their last five away, with three clean sheets and three games without a goal. Dungannon Swifts average 5.2 corners and 1.6 cards a game.
Head to head. Linfield FC have won all of the last nine meetings. Six of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Linfield FC won four. The last time they met, on 12 Sep 2026, it finished Linfield FC 1-0 Dungannon Swifts.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 45%; six of the last nine meetings went over 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 45%.
The read. Linfield FC to win. An open game. Their goals for and against make Linfield FC the likelier winners; Linfield FC are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Linfield FC; the meetings favour Linfield FC. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Six of the last nine meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Linfield FC or Draw at 1.15, 90% on the records (Linfield FC unbeaten in 10 of 10; Dungannon Swifts failed to win 3 of 5 away). Backup: Dungannon Swifts Under 1.5 Goals at 1.22. It often rescues the bet, but it is no guarantee. Leave: Under 3.5 Goals (Linfield FC are a clear winner, no Unders); Linfield FC or Under 2.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Linfield FC or draw and under 3.5 goals (Linfield FC are a clear winner, no Unders). Predicted score: Linfield FC 3-0 Dungannon Swifts (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and an open game).