Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cliftonville & H&W Welders face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Cliftonville nor H&W Welders as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch uses artifical turf, unlike H&W Welders's home arena. The former two games by the away side on artifical turf have resulted in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Cliftonville form and stats
Last season, Cliftonville's Irish League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.As mentioned below, Cliftonville are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premiership games. It’s been three wins in a row for Cliftonville here at Solitude, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Cliftonville travelled for their previous game, a trip to Crusaders that ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting Glentoran in a game that was won 1-0.Cliftonville are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Solitude with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history two earlier games are comparable to this one, and Cliftonville has won two times, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Cliftonville has won by at least two goals one time when in this position.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cliftonville as they are travelling to their away game against Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Cliftonville in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Cliftonville have conceded only 2 goals.
H&W Welders form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of H&W Welders playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for H&W Welders, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for H&W Welders, whose manager G. Smyth could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Institute.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ballinamallard United at their stadium, the result 2-1.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 32 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 14 wins, two draws and 16 defeats. eleven games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Loughgall.
Welders has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Welders are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Harney 2 goals | D. Kearns 1 goals | J. Gormley 1 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
H&W Welders missing players
| Cliftonville | H&W Welders | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 33 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 24% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 79% | 118% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newry City AFC | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Ards | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Annagh United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Ballyclare Comrades | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Loughgall | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | H&W Welders | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Ballinamallard United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Dergview | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Knockbreda | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Institute | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 6 |
| 11 | Queen's University | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 3 |
| 12 | Dundela | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 1 |