This could be an interesting match as Cliftonville have their presumed home advantage while Glentoran are ahead 4 points in the Premiership table.
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Cliftonville nor Glentoran 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.
It should be mentioned that Glentoran play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Glentoran on artifical turf are 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from six games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 8-8. You can compare this with overall results below.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have performed here at Solitude this season with 11 wins from 15 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. After failing to beat Glenavon here at Solitude, Cliftonville has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
It's back home for Cliftonville, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Portadown away with the result 2-1. R. Curran (2) found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Crusaders that finished 2-2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Carrick Rangers are coming to town in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 15 games), Cliftonville's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Cliftonville have conceded 15 goals.
Glentoran form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Two points from the last two away games for Glentoran, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Glentoran has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Coleraine for a Premiership game that ended a draw (1-1). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Coleraine.
After this away game Glentoran return home for a Premiership game against Larne. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Glentoran's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 16 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Glentoran in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Glentoran - Cliftonville 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cliftonville eight wins, zero draws and Glentoran two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 16 goals | R. McDaid 12 goals |  M. McCrudden 10 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Cliftonville | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 50 | 32 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 56 |
| 33 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 27 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 77% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 74% |
| 55% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | 45% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 32% |
| 10% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | 48% |
| 32% | 47% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 26% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 19% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7.7 | 9 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 37% |
- 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 at home.
- Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premiership
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Premiership
- Glentoran 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 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 43 | 70 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 29 | 57 |
| 4 | Larne | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 55 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 50 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 10 | Portadown | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -28 | 24 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 39 | -44 | 20 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 39 | -52 | 16 |