With the nervous opening game done it’s time for the second Premiership duel of the season. Cliftonville look forward to welcoming Coleraine in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Cliftonville nor Coleraine 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.
2 - 0 - 3 with 10-8. 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
In the previous season, Cliftonville's league stats were 16 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 4th position in the Premiership. From these 33 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 35. Playing as the home side in the last season Cliftonville delivered 12-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 17 conceded. The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Solitude, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cliftonville last season were 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 3 games.
A nice win for Cliftonville last time playing, versus Carrick Rangers. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with J. Harney (2) scoring for the victors.
Heartbreak before that as Cliftonville lost 1-3 at Larne's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Cliftonville as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Glentoran are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cliftonville at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Coleraine form and stats
Let's have a look at how Coleraine performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 26/19 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Coleraine had these away match statistics: Played 3; won 2, drew 1 and lost 0.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Coleraine, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-4 versus Larne (placed 1st). A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Coleraine, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Preceding that game was the away victory against Larne with the score of 2-1.Coleraine have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premiership game vs Carrick Rangers. A back-breaking schedule for the guests!
It's early days yet, but Coleraine has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Cliftonville, two draws and four wins for Coleraine. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Harney 2 goals |  A. Traynor 1 goals | M. Shevlin 1 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Cliftonville | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Cliftonville | Last season | Coleraine | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 21 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 39 | Scored | S | 30 | 57 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 42% | ||
| 22% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 11% | ||
| 10% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 42% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 37% | ||
| 30% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Linfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Warrenpoint Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Portadown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Coleraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Crusaders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| 4 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 60 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 54 |