Premiership: Cliftonville expected to win home game against Dungannon Swifts

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Solitude (6224 seats)

It's advantage Cliftonville so far with their 3rd position in the Premiership table, welcoming Dungannon Swifts who are placed 8th.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Dungannon Swifts's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Dungannon Swifts have performed like this: Played six matches resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 3-13 (scored/conceded).

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Cliftonville form and stats

Cliftonville have played 5 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Cliftonville bring valid hopes of a third.

A good away victory last time out for Cliftonville, who won 3-0 against Institute (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Cliftonville won a home game hosting Larne (1-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Cliftonville home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Cliftonville after this match as they are travelling to Linfield for a Irish League Cup game in only three days.

The Cliftonville fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Cliftonville are not conceding a lot of goals here at Solitude in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

There's been little loot from Dungannon Swifts's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. Dungannon Swifts only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Three has not been a lucky number for Dungannon Swifts as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Carrick Rangers match. Dungannon Swifts seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for Dungannon Swifts, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Carrick Rangers in the Premiership. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Linfield.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dungannon Swifts played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Dungannon Swifts have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Dungannon Swifts are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Dungannon Swifts - Cliftonville 0-4. Cliftonville-Dungannon Swifts H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cliftonville 5 wins, Dungannon Swifts 1 win, 4 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CliftonvilleJ. Gormley
J. Gormley
8 goals
CliftonvilleR. Donnelly
R. Donnelly
4 goals
CliftonvilleC. McMenamin
C. McMenamin
3 goals

Cliftonville missing players

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Cliftonville Dungannon Swifts
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 6 12
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 2 4 6
21 5 1 Scored S 0 6 16
8 4 0 Conceded C 8 15 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
58% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
42% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 83%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 58%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 33%
33% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 58%
50% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
17% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 42%
 
4.8 4 10 Corners For (avg) C F 0.5 1.8 1.5
2.8 1 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.2 3.4
1 0.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Cliftonville have created more than twice as many corners as Dungannon Swifts.
  • Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cliftonville have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cliftonville have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dungannon Swifts have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Cliftonville
28-09-19 PR Ballymena United 2 - 1 Cliftonville
04-10-19 PR Glentoran 0 - 1 Cliftonville
08-10-19 ILC Cliftonville 3 - 2 Bangor
12-10-19 PR Cliftonville 1 - 0 Larne
19-10-19 PR Institute 0 - 3 Cliftonville
26-10-19 PR Cliftonville 16:00 Dungannon Swifts
29-10-19 ILC Linfield 20:45 Cliftonville
02-11-19 PR Glenavon 16:00 Cliftonville
09-11-19 PR Cliftonville 16:00 Warrenpoint Town
16-11-19 PR Cliftonville 16:00 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts
28-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 2 - 1 Carrick Rangers
05-10-19 PR Warrenpoint Town 4 - 3 Dungannon Swifts
08-10-19 ILC Dungannon Swifts 0 - 4 Linfield
12-10-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 1 - 4 Linfield
19-10-19 PR Carrick Rangers 1 - 0 Dungannon Swifts
26-10-19 PR Cliftonville 16:00 Dungannon Swifts
02-11-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 16:00 Coleraine
09-11-19 PR Linfield 16:00 Dungannon Swifts
16-11-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 16:00 Larne
23-11-19 PR Glentoran 16:00 Dungannon Swifts

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coleraine 12 7 5 0 30 9 6 3 3 0 13 3 6 4 2 0 17 6 21 26
2 Crusaders 12 8 2 2 32 13 8 6 1 1 21 8 4 2 1 1 11 5 19 26
3 Cliftonville 12 8 1 3 21 8 5 3 0 2 5 4 7 5 1 1 16 4 13 25
4 Linfield 9 7 0 2 23 8 5 4 0 1 15 6 4 3 0 1 8 2 15 21
5 Glentoran 12 6 2 4 22 19 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 2 1 3 9 13 3 20
6 Ballymena United 11 4 4 3 19 15 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 4 16
7 Larne 11 4 3 4 25 14 5 2 1 2 16 7 6 2 2 2 9 7 11 15
8 Dungannon Swifts 12 4 2 6 16 28 6 3 1 2 10 13 6 1 1 4 6 15 -12 14
9 Glenavon 10 3 1 6 13 28 4 2 1 1 6 6 6 1 0 5 7 22 -15 10
10 Carrick Rangers 11 3 0 8 10 19 6 1 0 5 3 11 5 2 0 3 7 8 -9 9
11 Institute 11 1 2 8 8 28 6 0 1 5 4 19 5 1 1 3 4 9 -20 5
12 Warrenpoint Town 11 1 0 10 8 38 5 1 0 4 7 17 6 0 0 6 1 21 -30 3