Today there are five games taking place in the Danske Bank Premiership, Linfield’s game against Warrenpoint will be played at a later date.
This afternoon Crusaders host Larne in what is sure to be an interesting clash at Seaview. The newly-promoted County Antrim side brushed Warrenpoint and Carrick aside with ease but were brought crashing back down to earth last Saturday when they were beaten 4-2 by David Jeffrey’s Ballymena side.
Currently sitting second in the table, and also still unbeaten, are Kris Lindsay’s Dungannon Swifts side. Dungannon have fully deserved their current place in the table with a draw against Ballymena, a win away to Institute and perhaps most impressively a win last week against a Glentoran side that many have tipped to improve this season. Glenavon, in contrast, have had a mixed start to the season with a draw, defeat and win in their first three games leaving them in 7th place.
The full fixture list for tomorrow is as follows, all games kick off at 15:00 unless otherwise stated:-
Ballymena United v Glentoran
Carrick Rangers v Cliftonville
Coleraine v Institute
Crusaders v Larne
Dungannon Swifts v Glenavon
The full Danske Bank Premiership table looks like this:-
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Crusaders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Larne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Linfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Glentoran | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Institute | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
Currently in our prediction league, Cameron is in the lead with 12 points but as expected it’s still very tight as bringing up the rear with six points is Keith so one week can see it all change. Here’s the full leaderboard:-
| 1: Cameron | 12 |
| 2: Bryan/Adrian | 10 |
| 4: Darren | 8 |
| 5: Rodney | 7 |
| 6. Keith | 6 |
First up this week with their predictions this week is Rodney and all our writers will be awarded three points for predicting the correct result and a point for the correct outcome.
Rodney
Ballymena United 2-1 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-2 Cliftonville
Coleraine 3-0 Institute
Crusaders 3-1 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 1-1 Glenavon
Keith
Ballymena United 2-2 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-3 Cliftonville
Coleraine 4-1 Institute
Crusaders 1-1 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 1-0 Glenavon
Adrian
Ballymena United 3-2 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 0-2 Cliftonville
Coleraine 4-0 Institute
Crusaders 4-2 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 2-1 Glenavon
Cameron
Ballymena United 1-0 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-3 Cliftonville
Coleraine 3-0 Institute
Crusaders 2-1 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 0-0 Glenavon
Darren
Ballymena United 2-1 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-2 Cliftonville
Coleraine 3-0 Institute
Crusaders 3-0 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 2-1 Glenavon
Bryan
Ballymena United 1-1 Glentoran
Carrick Rangers 1-2 Cliftonville
Coleraine 2-1 Institute
Crusaders 1-0 Larne
Dungannon Swifts 2-2 Glenavon
Elsewhere, there are six Bluefin Sport Championship matches being played tomorrow with all of those games kicking off at 15:00:-
Ballinamallard United v Ballyclare Comrades
Knockbreda v Ards
Loughgall v Dundela
Newry City v PSNI
Portadown v Harland and Wolff Welders
Queens University v Dergview
Here’s how the Championship table looks after four games:-
| 1 | Dundela | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Loughgall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Portadown | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Ballyclare Comrades | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Ards | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Queens University | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | HW Welders | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 8 | Newry City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Dergview | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Ballinamallard United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Knockbreda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | PSNI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 0 |
If you have your own predictions on today’s matches let us know on Twitter (@o_t_turnstile) and as always enjoy whatever game you’re heading to north or south of the border.
