Cliftonville and Glenavon have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premiership.
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glenavon has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
Cliftonville have less rest than Glenavon in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Linfield, was also a home game here at Solitude. The away team is better rested.
Glenavon play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Glenavon when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from six matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have performed here at Solitude this season with 5 wins from 8 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Cliftonville's last game was hosting Linfield (placed 1st) and winning 4-3. In the match before that, Cliftonville hosted Crusaders and drew the game 2-2.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Cliftonville are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Coleraine awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Cliftonville's attacking play is working. Cliftonville have conceded 11 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Glenavon form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Glenavon in their Premiership matches away.
Glenavon failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Linfield (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Warrenpoint Town with the score of 2-1.
Glenavon find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Glenavon have conceded 6 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Glenavon - Cliftonville 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cliftonville won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Glenavon has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. McCrudden 4 goals |  D. Purkis 4 goals | C. McMenamin 3 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Cliftonville | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 79% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 57% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 73% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 8.1 | 8.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 40% | 46% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 31% |
- All of Glenavon's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Glenavon have scored away.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glenavon has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Glenavon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Larne | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 9 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -20 | 4 |