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Bangor — Portadown: 3:1, Premiership

Premiership
Bangor L29 Aug · Home Carrick Rangers · 0:4D5 Sep · Home Ballymena United · 2:2L8 Sep · Away Larne · 0:1D12 Sep · Away Glentoran · 1:1L15 Sep · Away Limavady United · 1:3W19 Sep · Home Portadown · 3:1
3:1
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Portadown L22 Aug · Away Crusaders FC · 2:3L28 Aug · Home Coleraine FC · 0:3L5 Sep · Away Cliftonville FC · 1:3L12 Sep · Home Larne · 0:2D15 Sep · Home Linfield · 1:1L19 Sep · Away Bangor · 1:3
Venue: Nantporth City: Bangor

In the Premiership game on 19 September 2026, Bangor beat Portadown 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:1, corners 6:1.

Match report

Bangor Capitalise on Red Card to Beat Portadown 3-1

Bangor secured their first victory of the Premiership season with a 3-1 win over Portadown in Saturday's Round 8 fixture. The hosts dominated proceedings after the visitors were reduced to ten men, and by then they had nothing to lose in terms of confidence. It was a result that keeps Bangor just ahead of bottom-half Portadown in the lower reaches of the table.

L. Harrison opened the scoring in the 17th minute, giving Bangor an early lead before the match changed direction. And here's the thing — the game turned on its head just twenty minutes later when L. MacKinnon received a red card for Portadown in the 37th minute. The visitors, already chasing the game, found no answer once they were playing the second half a man up.

Bangor extended their advantage with two quick goals after the interval. L. McRoberts made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, and I. Hughes sealed the victory with a third just two minutes later. Portadown pulled one back through S. O'Mahoney in the 76th minute, but the damage was already done. The hosts had the game won inside twenty minutes of the restart.

The statistics tell a story of dominance. Bangor registered 112 attacks to Portadown's 105, but possession favoured the hosts at 57 per cent. Shots on target were 6 to 1, and the visitors managed only a single corner compared to Bangor's six. Portadown were second to everything, and their red card meant they couldn't recover even when the numbers suggested otherwise.

Both sides sit in the relegation zone, though Bangor's first win gives them five points from eight games. Portadown remain winless with just one point, and this result means they stay at the bottom. We had given Portadown a 47 per cent chance of victory, but the match went the other way — and it was that red card that broke everything.

Prepared from match data

Video

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Key numbers

Possession, % 57.00 – 43
Shots on target 6 – 1
Shots off target 5 – 3
Attacks 112 – 105

Match events

  1. 16' 0:0 Portadown Yellow card E. Fyfe
  2. 17' 1:0 Bangor Goal L. Harrison
  3. 37' 1:0 Portadown Red card L. MacKinnon
  4. 46' 1:0 Portadown Substitution E. Fyfe off: J. Scott
  5. 47' 1:0 Portadown Yellow card F. Flanagan
  6. 55' 2:0 Bangor Goal L. McRoberts
  7. 57' 3:0 Bangor Goal I. Hughes
  8. 60' 3:0 Bangor Substitution S. McGuinness off: J. O'Mahony
  9. 60' 3:0 Bangor Substitution L. McRoberts off: B. Arthurs
  10. 60' 3:0 Bangor Substitution L. Harrison off: M. Strachan
  11. 73' 3:0 Bangor Substitution T. Mulvenna off: Z. Dickson
  12. 76' 3:1 Portadown Goal S. O'Mahoney
  13. 81' 3:1 Portadown Yellow card B. Kennedy
  14. 83' 3:1 Portadown Substitution S. O'Mahoney off: L. Jessop
  15. 83' 3:1 Portadown Substitution B. Kennedy off: C. Falls
  16. 84' 3:1 Portadown Yellow card D. Isamala

Statistics

57.00 Possession, % 43
6 Shots on target 1
5 Shots off target 3
112 Attacks 105
6 Corners 1
0 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 1

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

Match prediction: Bangor — Portadown

Win: Portadown

Confidence 47%

Reasoning

  • Бангор — 11. place, 2 points after 7 games (0 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses)
  • Портадаун — 12. place, 1 points after 7 games (0 wins, 1 draws, 6 losses)
  • Бангор, last 5 games: 0 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses
  • Портадаун, last 5 games: 0 wins, 1 draws, 4 losses
  • Head-to-head: 9 games, Бангор — 3, 2 draws, Портадаун — 4
Full prediction

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Bangor

L29 Aug · Home Carrick Rangers · 0:4D5 Sep · Home Ballymena United · 2:2L8 Sep · Away Larne · 0:1D12 Sep · Away Glentoran · 1:1L15 Sep · Away Limavady United · 1:3W19 Sep · Home Portadown · 3:1

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L22 Aug · Away Crusaders FC · 2:3L28 Aug · Home Coleraine FC · 0:3L5 Sep · Away Cliftonville FC · 1:3L12 Sep · Home Larne · 0:2D15 Sep · Home Linfield · 1:1L19 Sep · Away Bangor · 1:3

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