Shaky top table page-turner in Premiership as Glentoran have travelled the 0 miles required to challenge Cliftonville at their Solitude.
- Cliftonville have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most scored goals (42) in Premiership
2 - 0 - 3 with 4-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Glentoran when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Glentoran play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.
Cliftonville's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Crusaders (placed 5th).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Glenavon with a 2-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for Cliftonville after this match as they are travelling to Larne for a Premiership game in only four days.
Cliftonville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Solitude with 20 goals in 11 league matches. Cliftonville have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. Glentoran are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Home advantage was not enough for Glentoran in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Larne, 2-3.
A 1-1 draw at Linfield's stadium before that.Glentoran have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Premiership match vs Crusaders. A back-breaking fixture list for the visiting team!
Glentoran has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville and Glentoran have faced off already this season: Cliftonville - Glentoran 1-0. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Cliftonville won seven, Glentoran were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, nine matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 19 goals | C. McMenamin 10 goals |  R. Curran 8 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Cliftonville | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 42 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 38% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 67% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 48% |
| 38% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 0.7 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 9.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 8.9 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 43% | 41% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 6.5 | 5.2 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville have the most points (30) at home in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Premiership
- Cliftonville have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most scored goals (42) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premiership
- Glentoran 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 | Linfield | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 29 | 46 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Larne | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 7 | Coleraine | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -31 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -30 | 8 |
