Northern-Ireland · Premiership
Portadown vs Linfield
Prediction, head to head and stats
Portadown
11th in table
Full time
1–2
23 October 2026
Linfield
1st in table
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Shortest price
Linfield
1.4 · 65% of the 1X2 market
Head to head
1–2–6
3.7 goals a game
Table
11 vs 1
8–32 pts
Both scored
78%
Over 2.5 in 78%
Head to head
Last 9 meetings1Portadown wins
2Draws
6Linfield wins
3.7Goals / game
78%Both scored
78%Over 2.5
- Goals / game
- 3.67
- Over 1.5
- 100%
- Over 2.5
- 78%
- Over 3.5
- 56%
- Both teams scored
- 78%
Premiership table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20:10 | +10 | 32 | WDW | |
| 2 | Coleraine FC | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26:12 | +14 | 31 | |
| 3 | Glentoran | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16:10 | +6 | 20 | |
| 4 | Larne | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18:8 | +10 | 19 | |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21:19 | +2 | 17 | |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17:15 | +2 | 15 | |
| 7 | Crusaders FC | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16:23 | -7 | 15 | |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11:14 | -3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Cliftonville FC | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13:15 | -2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Limavady United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11:17 | -6 | 12 | |
| 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11:23 | -12 | 8 | ||
| 12 | Bangor | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10:24 | -14 | 6 |
Recent form
Portadown
Last 0 stored matches
0Win
0Draw
0Lost
ScoredConceded
No completed matches before this kickoff
Linfield
Last 9 stored matches
7Win
2Draw
0Lost
ScoredConceded
- 20 OctoberW
Larne1–2Linfield
- 17 OctoberD
Carrick Rangers2–2Linfield
- 10 OctoberW
Linfield2–0Bangor
- 25 SeptemberW
Coleraine FC1–3Linfield
- 19 SeptemberW
Linfield1–0Crusaders FC
- 15 SeptemberD
Portadown1–1Linfield
- 12 SeptemberW
Dungannon Swifts0–1Linfield
- 5 SeptemberW
Linfield1–0Carrick Rangers
- 29 AugustW
Limavady United0–2Linfield
Trends
This competition
Portadown
Linfield
- Linfield scored 1.7 per game in the last 9.
- Linfield conceded 0.6 per game in the last 9.
- Kept a clean sheet in 5 of those 9.
- Over 2.5 goals in 3 of those 9.
- Both teams scored in 4 of those 9.
Attack, shots and defence
Averages per game from the stored matches in this competition before kickoff.
Who wins
1 · X · 2- Portadown14%
- Draw21%
- Linfield65%
Bookmaker prices, margin removed
- Over 2.555%
- Under 2.545%
Bookmaker prices, margin removed
- Both teams score52%
- Not both49%
Bookmaker prices, margin removed
- 1X18%
- 1239%
- X243%
Bookmaker prices, margin removed
Bookmaker odds
Head to head
The bookmaker bar is the stored prices with the margin removed. Head to head is the count of earlier meetings. Neither is a promised result.
Betting markets
MATCH RESULT
TOTAL GOALS
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
DOUBLE CHANCE
FIRST HALF RESULT
SECOND HALF RESULT
HALF GOALS
Team comparison
No team rates yet
Attack and defence numbers show up here once they are loaded.
Season numbers
- Played
- 13
- 13
- Won
- 2
- 10
- Drawn
- 2
- 2
- Lost
- 9
- 1
- Goals for
- 11
- 20
- Goals against
- 23
- 10
- Points
- 8
- 32
Portadown vs Linfield: preview
Portadown meet Linfield in the Northern-Ireland, Premiership on 23 October 2026 at 19:45 (Africa/Lagos). The recorded score is 1–2.
On the 1X2 market the shortest price is Linfield at 1.4. Once the bookmaker margin is removed, that outcome carries about 65% of the implied chance, with the other two outcomes sharing the rest. A short price means the market rates that side more likely. It is not a certainty, and the margin means the three raw probabilities add up to more than 100% before they are scaled.
The 2.5-goal line is priced shorter on Over 2.5 (1.7, about 55.3% after the margin). Both teams to score is shorter on Yes at 1.8.
Season points-per-game rates were not stored on this fixture yet. The odds chart still shows how the 1X2, goals, and both-teams markets are priced.
Portadown vs Linfield questions
- What time is Portadown vs Linfield?
- Kickoff is 19:45 on 23 October 2026, shown in Africa/Lagos.
- Which outcome is shortest on Portadown vs Linfield?
- Linfield is the shortest 1X2 price at 1.4. The margin-adjusted share is about 65%.
- What are the over and under 2.5 prices?
- Over 2.5 is 1.7 and under 2.5 is 2.1.
- Do both teams score on this match?
- Both teams to score is priced at 1.8. That is a market price, not a forecast that both sides will score.

