Cliftonville battle against Portadown, who have the most conceded goals (12) in Premiership, for glory and sporting success.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown has the most conceded goals (12) in Premiership
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premiership match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Solitude. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Portadown have had more rest.
Cliftonville form and stats
3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Cliftonville so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cliftonville to get some points in this home game.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cliftonville's attacking players as they have now played 211 minutes without scoring in a league game. G. Breen was their last goal scorer.
The Cliftonville fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Solitude: A 0-4 defeat against Ballymena United (placed 5th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Larne.
As you see from the result above, Cliftonville suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Cliftonville are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost zero.
The Cliftonville fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Cliftonville have conceded 4 goals.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Portadown lost away at Carrick Rangers (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Linfield was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Portadown have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. Portadown have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's ten Cliftonville victories, zero draws and zero Portadown wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Cliftonville missing players
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| Cliftonville | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 | 32 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 19 | 35 |
| 26 | 20 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| 31% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 41% |
- All of Portadown's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals (12) in Premiership
- Portadown has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Premiership
- Portadown have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Portadown have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Portadown 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Portadown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Glentoran | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |