Cliftonville have come here for an exciting game against the home side Dungannon Swifts. Get smart on the game with this thorough Premiership preview!
It's no vacation for neither Dungannon Swifts nor Cliftonville as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This football pitch has grass, which is not Cliftonville's familiar surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Cliftonville have performed like this: Played 41 matches yielding 14 wins, 11 draws and 16 defeats with the goal data 49-51 (scored/conceded).
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Dungannon Swifts have less points than they have played home games in the Premiership so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. The Dungannon manager D. Shiels might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Dungannon's previous game was a Irish League Cup match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Armagh City. The home side are looking to build on that result. Dungannon decided the match against Armagh City in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
Preceding that match was the home Premiership game against Coleraine that was lost 0-5.Early season league goal statistics from Dungannon Swifts's 2 home games: 2 goals, 8 conceded.
Cliftonville form and stats
One match played away so far in the Premiership for Cliftonville and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from 2 games.
The supporters enjoyed Cliftonville's previous game versus H&W Welders, a Irish League Cup 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Crusaders that ended 1-1.Cliftonville have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Dungannon Swifts victories, two draws and six Cliftonville wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Harney 2 goals |  C. McGinty 1 goals | B. Gallagher 1 goals |
Dungannon Swifts missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Dungannon Swifts | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Dungannon Swifts | Last season | Cliftonville | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 40 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 21 | 60 | ||
| 83 | 39 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 80% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 22% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 39% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 42% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 55% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 30% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glenavon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 62 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 61 |
| 3 | Portadown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 36 |
| 4 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 36 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 23 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 17 |