Cliftonville will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Larne.
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Larne have not yet lost a game away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Larne have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from one match.
Relegation threatens Cliftonville who should definitely be looking for some points here. Larne are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Cliftonville form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Solitude as Cliftonville have scored 22 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Ahead of that match, Cliftonville won a home game hosting Warrenpoint Town (3-0).
There will be little rest for Cliftonville after this match as they are travelling to Ballymena United for a Premiership game in only three days.
Cliftonville can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. 12 goals have been conceded.
Larne form and stats
Larne's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Larne collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Premiership. 3 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Portadown.
The schedule is very tough for Larne now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Portadown is waiting in only three days.
The Larne manager T. Lynch has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Larne have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Larne - Cliftonville 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cliftonville won five, Larne won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 7 goals | R. Hale 5 goals |  R. Curran 4 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Larne missing players
| Cliftonville | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 24 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 94% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 83% |
| 53% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 26% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 11% |
| 42% | 30% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 26% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.9 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 46% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 40% |
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have not yet lost a game away.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Larne | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Portadown | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 11 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 11 |