Glenavon perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Cliftonville can look both up and down from their 5th position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Glenavon and Cliftonville.
Cliftonville play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cliftonville when playing on grass are 15 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats from 40 matches. They have scored 56 goals and conceded 67 times in these games.
Glenavon form and stats
Glenavon have collected 31 points from their home games so far after 9-4-4.In their previous game, the manager G. Hamilton led his Glenavon to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Ballymena United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mourneview Park. A strong away win before that one, visiting Linfield and winning 4-0.
Glenavon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mourneview Park with 32 goals in 17 matches. On the other hand, Glenavon have conceded 20 goals.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville have only collected 16 points from their away games after 5-1-10 (16 played). Cliftonville seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?Two away games in a row for Cliftonville, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Linfield in the Premiership. Before that, Cliftonville secured a home win against Crusaders with the score 2-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Cliftonville's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 away matches. The Cliftonville manager P. McLaughlin has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Glenavon - Cliftonville 0-2 earlier this season. Glenavon-Cliftonville H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Glenavon 3 wins, Cliftonville 3 wins, 4 draws.Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Gormley 20 goals | ![]() R. Donnelly 15 goals | ![]() S. Murray 13 goals |
Glenavon missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Glenavon | Cliftonville | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 37 | 19 | Played | 17 | 37 |
| 70 | 35 | Scored | 26 | 70 |
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | 38 | 62 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | 94% | 89% |
| 54% | 47% | Over 2.5 | 71% | 65% |
| 35% | 37% | Over 3.5 | 41% | 43% |
| 22% | 16% | Over 4.5 | 29% | 30% |
| 62% | 53% | Both teams to score | 76% | 73% |
| 27% | 32% | Clean Sheet | 12% | 19% |
| 14% | 16% | Failed To Score | 12% | 8% |
| 6.7 | 7.1 | Corners For (avg) | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Cliftonville hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Cliftonville is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 49 | 77 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 74 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 68 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 64 |
| 4 | Glenavon | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 33 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 54 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 54 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Institute | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 45 | 65 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -20 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 36 |
| 10 | Warrenpoint Town | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -27 | 34 |
| 11 | Newry City | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 30 | -30 | 17 |
| 11 | Ards | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 32 | -31 | 19 |
| 12 | Newry City AFC | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | -38 | 17 |