Cliftonville fights Larne in Premiership battle

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Tue 04.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Solitude (6224 seats)

Cliftonville have performed better than Larne so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Larne play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Larne when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two matches. They have scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times in these games.

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Cliftonville form and stats

Cliftonville are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Solitude. 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

The fans are hoping that Cliftonville will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premiership game against Coleraine. Before that, Cliftonville had a home game versus Carrick Rangers which ended with a victory 5-0.

Cliftonville can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 37 times. On the other hand, Cliftonville have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Larne form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Larne playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.

Larne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Crusaders. Prior to that match, the Larne manager T. Lynch faced defeat when travelling to Glentoran and losing 2-3.

Larne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 16 away games so far. 21 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Larne - Cliftonville 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cliftonville won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Larne has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

CliftonvilleM. McCrudden
M. McCrudden
13 goals
CliftonvilleR. Curran
R. Curran
11 goals
LarneD. McDaid
D. McDaid
10 goals

Cliftonville missing players

Larne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cliftonville Larne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
16 12 2 Won W 1 7 16
8 2 2 Drew D 1 5 10
10 3 1 Lost L 3 5 8
55 37 7 Scored S 5 29 59
37 17 9 Conceded C 7 22 36
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 85%
53% 71% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 59% 59%
24% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 26%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 12%
41% 35% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 71% 59%
32% 47% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 29%
29% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 18% 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 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.6 8.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.9 8.7
4 5.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.4 4.3
40% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 39% 40%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • 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 (10) in Premiership
  • Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

Table
  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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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