Linfield manager David Healy will be hoping his side can bounce back immediately from their 3-0 Boxing Day defeat to Glentoran when they travel to Coleraine today (3pm).
In desperate need of a turning point, Dungannon Swifts face a fixture against Crusaders which, albeit in a negative way, proved so significant back in August.
Oran Kearney’s bid to extend the only Premiership unbeaten record to 14 fixtures arrives off the back of a midweek League Cup quarter-final success by 5-1 over Dundela which left the Bannsiders boss pleased with progress but keen to keep pushing for more from his on-song squad.
Dungannon Swifts may only have secured a single clean sheet this season but manager Kris Lindsay has his focus on searching for an increased attacking threat.
Niall Currie spent his playing career as a goalkeeper searching for a striker’s flaws, with large parts of his Irish League managerial career now spent devoted to searching for a striker’s value.
Linfield’s defence of the Premiership crown sits three games behind the current leading lights due to a summer European adventure and boss David Healy is aware of the need to make every fixture count.
The NI Football League have teamed up with uhlsport to give the fans the chance to vote for next season’s ball and win prizes for their local club, community group or even five-a-side team!
