Cliftonville are flying at 3rd, while Glentoran are hanging back 4 points behind in the league standings. Will they cut the gap?
- Cliftonville have not yet lost a game at home.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership
This is a local derby, usually meaning increased stress and importance.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the Premiership. This match was also played here at Solitude. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Glentoran have had more rest.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Cliftonville after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Cliftonville's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Portadown (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. What a game it was for Gormley when beating Portadown, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Heartbreak before that as Cliftonville lost 1-4 at Ballymena United's place.Cliftonville can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Cliftonville have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Glentoran, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Crusaders (placed 4th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Portadown with the score of 2-0.Observe: 11 of the last 14 league fixtures featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Glentoran are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged result featuring both these teams is the Glentoran - Cliftonville 0-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cliftonville seven wins, zero draws and Glentoran three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Curran 11 goals | R. Hale 10 goals |  C. McMenamin 9 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Cliftonville | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 88% |
| 72% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 62% |
| 61% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 56% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 31% |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 25% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 78% | 69% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 40% |
| 8.2 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
- Cliftonville have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premiership
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Linfield | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | -45 | 4 |
