A very important fixture in Premiership as both squads are challenging for the top positions. With Glentoran in 2nd place and Cliftonville located at 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Glentoran have the most scored goals (56) in Premiership
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 15 victories, 14 draws and 13 defeats from 42 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 53-44. You can compare this with overall results below.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Glentoran 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.
Glentoran form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 14 Premiership games here at The Oval for Glentoran. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Glentoran here at The Oval, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's back home for Glentoran, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Glenavon away with the result 4-2. Donnelly and McMenamin (3) found the net in that victory.
Heartbreak before that as Glentoran lost 1-2 at Larne's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Glentoran handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, four draws and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Glentoran as they are travelling to their away game against Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
Glentoran have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cliftonville form and stats
5-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cliftonville in their Premiership matches away. Cliftonville are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from Addis, Curran and Ives secured the home win 3-1 against Crusaders in their previous game.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Warrenpoint Town.We have checked recent matches where Cliftonville have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were one victory, four draws and six defeats.
Cliftonville have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Cliftonville - Glentoran 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Glentoran, zero draws and six wins for Cliftonville. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 22 goals | C. McMenamin 17 goals |  R. Curran 12 goals |
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| Glentoran | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 56 | 28 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 48 |
| 30 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 97% |
| 86% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 72% |
| 66% | 79% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 45% |
| 28% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 52% |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 38% |
| 10% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 14% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 5.8 | 8.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| 41% | 42% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 54% | 40% |
| 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiership
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most points from losing position (15) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most scored goals (56) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Premiership
- Glentoran 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 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 61 |
| 4 | Larne | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -33 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 17 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 29 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -38 | 12 |
