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Linfield

Vs

Portadown

Since 14/08/2022

LIN wins

Draws

POR wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

26 Linfield · 8 Portadown

Goals per game

3.78

both sides combined

Over 1.5

100%

of meetings

Over 2.5

89%

of meetings

BTTS

56%

of meetings

Last meeting

3-1

10 Mar 2026

Next game

15 Sep

Tuesday, Northern-Ireland - Premie

Linfield vs Portadown: the head-to-head

Linfield’s dominance over Portadown is unmistakable, with seven victories to Portadown’s single win and a solitary draw in the nine encounters recorded since 2022. The average of 3.78 goals per game reflects a high-scoring affair, and every match has seen at least two goals, while 89% have produced three or more. Both sides have scored together in just over half the meetings, at 56%. The latest clash on 10 March 2026 ended 3-1 in favour of Linfield, who were at home in that Premiership fixture. Linfield have never lost at home, winning all four of their home games, whereas away they have secured three wins, one draw and one loss. Across the series Linfield have netted 26 goals to Portadown’s eight, with a total of 34 goals scored. Their next meeting is scheduled for 15 September 2026.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Portadown vs Linfield

Tuesday 15 September 2026 · Northern-Ireland - Premiership

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01Head-to-head record⚖

Linfield

Portadown

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 9 games between these two clubs

78%

win %

11%

3.78

avg goals

3.78

100%

over 1.5 %

100%

89%

over 2.5 %

89%

56%

over 3.5 %

56%

2.89

scored

0.89

conceded

2.89

56%

btts

56%

33%

clean sheet

11%

Top three rows are this fixture: 9 meetings, 7 to Linfield, 1 drawn, 1 to Portadown, at 3.78 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Linfield

Won at home

100%

4 of 4 home meetings

Won away

60%

3 of 5 away meetings

Drawn

11%

1 of 9 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Portadown

Won at home

20%

1 of 5 home meetings

Won away

0 of 4 away meetings

Drawn

11%

1 of 9 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Linfield
10 Mar 2026	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	3-1	Portadown	W	view
17 Oct 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Portadown	2-0	Linfield	L	view
06 Sep 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	3-0	Portadown	W	view
18 Jan 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Portadown	1-3	Linfield	W	view
30 Nov 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-1	Portadown	W	view
30 Aug 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Portadown	2-2	Linfield	D	view
28 Jan 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Portadown	1-6	Linfield	W	view
05 Nov 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Portadown	0-3	Linfield	W	view
14 Aug 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	4-0	Portadown	W	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Linfield · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.7

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

1.4

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.67	1.00	1.94	1.00	1.31	1.00
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (13)	0.62	1.23	0.62	1.12	0.60	1.40
vs Weaker (17)	2.47	0.82	3.11	0.89	1.75	0.75
Clean sheet %	37% (+7pp vs league)

Portadown · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.7

Avg scored

1.0

Avg conceded

1.7

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.03	1.70	0.69	1.31	1.29	2.00
vs Stronger (5)	1.00	2.20	2.00	1.00	0.75	2.50
vs Similar (25)	1.04	1.60	0.58	1.33	1.46	1.85
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	17% (-13pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Linfield

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Last 10: 13 scored, 14 conceded.

Portadown

DDDLWWLLLL

Last 10: 10 scored, 17 conceded.

Linfield

Home · last 10

WWWLLLWLWW

6 won · 17 scored, 13 conceded

Away · last 10

DWWWDLLDWW

5 won · 15 scored, 8 conceded

Portadown

Home · last 10

WWLWWLDDLL

4 won · 6 scored, 11 conceded

Away · last 10

LLDLDLWWLL

2 won · 12 scored, 21 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Linfield

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored0% / 100%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 61-75'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 9 meetings have goal timings on record. See Linfield's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Portadown

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored50% / 50%

Conceded0% / 100%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 9 meetings have goal timings on record. See Portadown's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Coleraine FC	4	10	75%	2.5	8	1	+7	2.2	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	2.0	0.2	-
2	Carrick Rangers	4	9	75%	2.2	7	3	+4	2.5	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.8	0.8	-
3	Dungannon Swifts	4	9	75%	2.2	6	3	+3	2.2	75%	25%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	0	1	1	1.5	0.8	-
4	Crusaders FC	4	9	75%	2.2	8	6	+2	3.5	100%	100%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	2.0	1.5	-
5	Linfield	4	9	75%	2.2	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
6	Glentoran	4	6	50%	1.5	6	4	+2	2.5	100%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	1.5	1.0	-
7	Cliftonville FC	4	6	50%	1.5	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
8	Ballymena United	3	3	33%	1.0	4	4	+0	2.7	100%	67%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.3	1.3	-
9	Larne	1	1	0%	1.0	0	0	+0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	4	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	-
10	Limavady United	3	0	0%	0.0	1	6	-5	2.3	100%	33%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	0	0	0	0	0.3	2.0	-
11	Portadown	4	0	0%	0.0	2	8	-6	2.5	50%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	0.5	2.0	-
12	Bangor	3	0	0%	0.0	0	9	-9	3.0	100%	67%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	0.0	3.0	-

Northern-Ireland - Premiership 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Northern-Ireland - Premiership stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

LinfieldPortadown

€2.4m

squad value

€1.6m

€2.9m

attack

€2.5m

€2.3m

midfield

€0.4m

€4.5m

defence

€2.9m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Linfield carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Linfield

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
28 Mar	@ Glentoran	1-1	D
07 Apr	@ Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
11 Apr	vs Larne	0-2	L
18 Apr	vs Coleraine FC	0-3	L
25 Apr	vs Cliftonville FC	1-2	L
12 May	vs Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
08 Aug	vs Ballymena United	0-3	L
15 Aug	vs Glentoran	2-1	W
21 Aug	vs Cliftonville FC	1-0	W
29 Aug	@ Limavady United	2-0	W

Portadown

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
21 Mar	vs Crusaders FC	0-0	D
04 Apr	@ Glenavon FC	1-1	D
07 Apr	vs Carrick Rangers	1-1	D
11 Apr	@ Crusaders FC	0-4	L
18 Apr	@ Ballymena United	2-1	W
25 Apr	@ Bangor	4-2	W
08 Aug	@ Carrick Rangers	0-1	L
15 Aug	vs Dungannon Swifts	0-1	L
22 Aug	@ Crusaders FC	2-3	L
28 Aug	vs Coleraine FC	0-3	L