Gary Boyle looking to see "best version" of his Newry City side when they take on Loughgall

​Newry have picked up all 10 of their Premiership points to date this season against teams currently occupying bottom-six positions and are out to avenge an opening day defeat against the Villagers when Dean Smith’s men marked their return to top-flight football by netting three times within 30 minutes at the Showgrounds.

Boyle’s team have tended to save their best results for the road, beating Carrick Rangers, Glenavon and Ballymena United away from home, and the Newry boss will be hoping for more of the same at Lakeview Park.

They’ve lost six of their last eight Premiership matches – all to teams in the top-six – but August’s 3-0 defeat against today’s opponents remains the only match where they’ve been beaten by a side in the league’s bottom-half.

"We know how hard it is to pick up points against teams in the top-six but we have to do that as well,” he said. “We can't rely on the hugely pressurised games to keep churning out results.

"Loughgall is probably one where we feel like we have to give the best version of ourselves.

"For the first 45 minutes on the first day of the season we didn't do that.

"They've done tremendously well and it'll be a stern test on their home patch.

"If we play like we did against Coleraine every week I think we will get more results off the back of those performances.

"We have to galvanise the group and go again because if you start to feel sorry for yourself, the games come thick and fast and you won't get results."