Cliftonville will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Coleraine.
- Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Coleraine is in the best form (5-1-0)
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. That game was also an away game, at Glenavon. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
3 - 0 - 4 with 13-12. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Coleraine when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Coleraine play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Cliftonville form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Solitude as Cliftonville have scored 27 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Cliftonville has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Solitude. We remember; it was Glenavon.
Cliftonville shared the glory with Larne in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Cliftonville won a home game hosting Glenavon (2-1).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Glentoran in only three days. This game is also played here at Solitude.
The Cliftonville manager P. McLaughlin has got the team scoring with 27 from 13 home games in the league. Cliftonville have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Coleraine form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Coleraine playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Coleraine as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dungannon Swifts game have they lost an away game, meaning Coleraine has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Glenavon (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Carrick Rangers.
After this away game Coleraine return home for a Premiership game against Larne. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Coleraine are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. 11 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville and Coleraine have met before this season: Coleraine - Cliftonville 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cliftonville won four, Coleraine won four and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 11 goals |  R. Curran 7 goals | J. McLaughlin 5 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Cliftonville | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 73% | 85% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 80% |
| 46% | 69% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 40% |
| 19% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 12% |
| 8% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 8% |
| 42% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 40% |
| 31% | 46% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 45% | 40% |
| 31% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.1 | 8.8 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
| 3.4 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | 36% |
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
- Coleraine is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 38 | 57 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Larne | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 39 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 10 | Portadown | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -37 | 16 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -36 | 15 |