Another action-packed fixture in Premiership as Coleraine welcome Cliftonville

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (2496 seats)

A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Coleraine in 3rd position and Cliftonville placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premiership
  • Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premiership

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not Cliftonville's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cliftonville have performed like this: Played 44 matches resulting in 16 wins, 10 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 55-57 (scored/conceded).

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Coleraine form and stats

Coleraine have performed here at The Showgrounds this season with 10 wins from 17 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 3. The Coleraine fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Showgrounds and will expect new points from this game. Coleraine has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Coleraine in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Ballymena United that ended with a 2-1 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Glentoran.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Coleraine as they are travelling to their away game against Glentoran in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.

Coleraine has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Coleraine have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Cliftonville form and stats

Playing away, Cliftonville have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premiership this season.

Cliftonville won their last game, 5-0 versus Carrick Rangers played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Glentoran.

As mentioned above, Cliftonville was the only team on the pitch versus Carrick Rangers in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. M. McCrudden certainly enjoyed Cliftonville's last game versus Carrick Rangers, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-0 victory.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Larne in just three days.

The visiting Cliftonville have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Cliftonville have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cliftonville - Coleraine 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Coleraine victories, two draws and five Cliftonville wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CliftonvilleM. McCrudden
M. McCrudden
13 goals
ColeraineB. Doherty
B. Doherty
12 goals
CliftonvilleR. Curran
R. Curran
11 goals

Coleraine missing players

Cliftonville missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coleraine Cliftonville
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 3 Played P 3 16 33
18 10 1 Won W 0 4 16
8 4 1 Drew D 0 6 8
7 3 1 Lost L 3 6 9
50 24 3 Scored S 0 18 55
32 13 4 Conceded C 5 18 35
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
82% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 79%
45% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 55%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
48% 41% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 42%
36% 41% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 33%
21% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.9 8.4 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 2.7 6.5 7.7
4 4.4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 4.1
38% 32% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 40%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premiership
  • Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premiership
  • Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) 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 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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