Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cliftonville & Coleraine face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated fixture!
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have been very solid at home in the Premiership so far, with 33 points collected from 13 matches (10-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
The Cliftonville followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ballymena United and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cliftonville played a great game against Ballymena United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Hale has scored in four matches in a row. Ace!
A strong away win before that one, visiting Glenavon and winning 3-1.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 13 games), Cliftonville's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Cliftonville have conceded only 10 goals.
Coleraine form and stats
7-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coleraine in their Premiership matches away.
The Coleraine goalkeeper Martin Gallagher is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 213 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two trips in a row for Coleraine, whose manager Kearney could celebrate last time after the win against Dungannon Swifts. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Shevlin and that is impressive stuff!
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Carrick Rangers in the Premiership.Coleraine are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. Coleraine are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville-Coleraine H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cliftonville six wins, Coleraine two wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 19 goals |  R. Hale 11 goals | R. Curran 11 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Cliftonville | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
