Premiership Development League: Two participants in reasonably good shape get together for this fixture. Cliftonville U20 have a small upper hand with their 3rd spot in the table?
- All of Linfield U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cliftonville U20 have the most scored goals (24) away in Premiership Development League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Linfield U20 form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership Development League for Linfield U20 at their home stadium is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Happy days for Linfield U20 in their previous game, a fixture away at Ballymena United U20 (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-3 victory. An away draw last time out for Linfield U20, facing Ballymena United U20 in a game that ended 1-3. Linfield U20 lost their last game at Ballymena United U20 (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Ballymena United U20. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ballymena United U20 that ended 3-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Ballymena United U20 that was lost 3-1.Linfield U20 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 16 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cliftonville U20 form and stats
Playing away, Cliftonville U20, who have the most scored goals (24) away in Premiership Development League, have won 6 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premiership Development League this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Cliftonville U20, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Glentoran U20 (placed 8th) last time out. Cliftonville U20 has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Glentoran U20 for a 4-1 draw. Cliftonville are travelling again after losing away to Glentoran U20 in their previous match (4-1).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Crusaders U20 at their stadium, the result 1-4. Before that, Cliftonville U20 travelled to Crusaders U20 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-4. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Crusaders U20's place.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cliftonville U20 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Cliftonville U20 have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other earlier this campaign: Cliftonville U20 - Linfield U20 7-3. Linfield U20-Cliftonville U20 H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Linfield U20 two wins, Cliftonville U20 five wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Linfield U20 missing players
Cliftonville U20 missing players
| Linfield U20 | Cliftonville U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 37 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | 50 |
| 42 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 85% |
| 53% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 64% | 65% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 64% | 50% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 70% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 20% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 9% | 10% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 13.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 6.6 |
| 39% | 36% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | 38% |
| 11.4 | 10 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 10.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- All of Linfield U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cliftonville U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cliftonville U20 have the most scored goals (24) away in Premiership Development League
- Cliftonville U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders U20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Larne U20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Glenavon U20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | Linfield U20 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Coleraine U20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Portadown U20 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 35 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34 | -34 | 13 |
