Betting preview: Dungannon Swifts faced with a tough challenge when Cliftonville visits

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stangmore Park (5000 seats)

Dungannon Swifts will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get something from this grim duel, versus vibrant Cliftonville.

Insights:
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (66) in Premiership

It should be mentioned that Cliftonville play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cliftonville on grass are 16 victories, 14 draws and 14 defeats from 44 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 55-46. You can compare this with overall results below.

Dungannon Swifts and Cliftonville should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dungannon Swifts form and stats

Dungannon Swifts's struggle is real here at Stangmore Park with only 13 points collected from 13 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-1-8. Dungannon has recorded two wins in a row here at Stangmore Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Stress levels are on the rise for Dungannon Swifts's attacking players as they have now played 188 minutes without scoring in a league game. McBrien was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager Shiels led his Dungannon to a defeat away at Ballymena United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stangmore Park.

Prior to that, an away loss at Coleraine.

Dungannon Swifts have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stangmore Park with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Dungannon Swifts having conceded 34 goals here at Stangmore Park so far. When Dungannon Swifts hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Warrenpoint Town, Carrick Rangers and Portadown), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Cliftonville form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Cliftonville are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Cliftonville go into this game after a win, the home game against Coleraine that ended 2-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Carrick Rangers.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cliftonville are hosting Warrenpoint Town in the Premiership only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cliftonville have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other previously this campaign: Cliftonville - Dungannon Swifts 3-0. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Dungannon, one draw and seven wins for Cliftonville. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Gormley with 9 goals scored against Dungannon Swifts in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

CliftonvilleR. Curran
R. Curran
11 goals
CliftonvilleJ. Gormley
J. Gormley
9 goals
Dungannon SwiftsD. McBrien
D. McBrien
8 goals

Dungannon Swifts missing players

Cliftonville missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dungannon Swifts Cliftonville
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
8 4 0 Won W 2 5 16
1 1 0 Drew D 1 6 7
18 8 3 Lost L 0 2 4
35 20 3 Scored S 8 19 44
66 34 11 Conceded C 5 13 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 74%
70% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 31% 44%
52% 69% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 22%
33% 46% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 15% 7%
52% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 52%
7% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 37%
41% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 15%
 
3.7 4.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.5 5.9
5 5.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 3.9 3.3
2.4 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 9.5 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 5.8 8
3.6 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.7 3.7
36% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 54% 44%
 
10.3 10.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 7.5 6.4
5 5.2 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Dungannon Swifts's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (66) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Premiership
  • Dungannon Swifts 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 Glentoran 27 18 5 4 51 26 14 9 2 3 28 17 13 9 3 1 23 9 25 59
2 Linfield 27 16 8 3 47 18 13 9 4 0 22 5 14 7 4 3 25 13 29 56
3 Cliftonville 27 16 7 4 44 23 14 11 1 2 25 10 13 5 6 2 19 13 21 55
4 Crusaders 26 14 4 8 33 17 12 5 3 4 15 8 14 9 1 4 18 9 16 46
5 Larne 27 13 5 9 48 31 14 6 4 4 22 12 13 7 1 5 26 19 17 44
6 Coleraine 27 12 7 8 41 22 14 9 3 2 23 6 13 3 4 6 18 16 19 43
7 Ballymena United 26 12 2 12 29 35 13 8 2 3 20 13 13 4 0 9 9 22 -6 38
8 Glenavon 27 10 7 10 35 32 13 5 2 6 15 18 14 5 5 4 20 14 3 37
9 Dungannon Swifts 27 8 1 18 35 66 13 4 1 8 20 34 14 4 0 10 15 32 -31 25
10 Carrick Rangers 27 6 5 16 26 47 14 4 2 8 14 23 13 2 3 8 12 24 -21 23
11 Portadown 27 2 8 17 22 58 13 0 7 6 12 20 14 2 1 11 10 38 -36 14
12 Warrenpoint Town 27 3 3 21 24 60 14 2 0 12 15 38 13 1 3 9 9 22 -36 12

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 Glentoran 27 18 5 4 51 26 14 9 2 3 28 17 13 9 3 1 23 9 25 59
2 Linfield 27 16 8 3 47 18 13 9 4 0 22 5 14 7 4 3 25 13 29 56
3 Cliftonville 27 16 7 4 44 23 14 11 1 2 25 10 13 5 6 2 19 13 21 55
4 Crusaders 26 14 4 8 33 17 12 5 3 4 15 8 14 9 1 4 18 9 16 46
5 Larne 27 13 5 9 48 31 14 6 4 4 22 12 13 7 1 5 26 19 17 44
6 Coleraine 27 12 7 8 41 22 14 9 3 2 23 6 13 3 4 6 18 16 19 43
7 Ballymena United 26 12 2 12 29 35 13 8 2 3 20 13 13 4 0 9 9 22 -6 38
8 Glenavon 27 10 7 10 35 32 13 5 2 6 15 18 14 5 5 4 20 14 3 37
9 Dungannon Swifts 27 8 1 18 35 66 13 4 1 8 20 34 14 4 0 10 15 32 -31 25
10 Carrick Rangers 27 6 5 16 26 47 14 4 2 8 14 23 13 2 3 8 12 24 -21 23
11 Portadown 27 2 8 17 22 58 13 0 7 6 12 20 14 2 1 11 10 38 -36 14
12 Warrenpoint Town 27 3 3 21 24 60 14 2 0 12 15 38 13 1 3 9 9 22 -36 12

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