It's advantage Cliftonville so far with their 1st position in the Premiership table, welcoming Glenavon who are placed 7th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cliftonville and Glenavon.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Glenavon have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.
Glenavon are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have performed here at Solitude this season with 7 wins from 10 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
Happy days for Cliftonville in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Larne (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Crusaders with a 2-1 scoreline.
Cliftonville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Solitude with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Cliftonville have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glenavon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Glenavon so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-8 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Glenavon's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs Warrenpoint Town (placed 12th). Before that, Glenavon secured a home win against Dungannon Swifts with the score 5-0.
Glenavon have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Glenavon defense as they have conceded 35 goals in 10 away games.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville and Glenavon have met before this season: Glenavon - Cliftonville 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Cliftonville, 3 draws and 3 wins for Glenavon. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 15 goals |  C. McMenamin 8 goals |  R. Donnelly 6 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Cliftonville | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 39 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 35 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 27% |
| 36% | 10% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 18% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 192 | 75 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 95 | 184 |
| 99 | 41 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 45 | 88 |
| 39% | 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 32% |
- All of Glenavon's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Cliftonville has the most matches under the total-line (13)
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glenavon has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Glenavon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Glenavon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Glenavon 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 | Cliftonville | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Linfield | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 44 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 43 |
| 6 | Larne | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 32 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -15 | 27 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -39 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 37 | -49 | 13 |