Premiership: Glentoran - Cliftonville preview and statistics

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Oval (26556 seats)

A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Glentoran in 2nd position and Cliftonville placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Premiership
  • Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Premiership

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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 45 matches resulting in 16 wins, 10 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 55-59 (scored/conceded).

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Glentoran form and stats

Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Premiership, are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Oval. 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games. Glentoran haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Glenavon, 59 days ago. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Linfield.

Goals decide football matches and Glentoran are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Glentoran have conceded only 11 goals.

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Cliftonville form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coleraine wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Cliftonville find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Cliftonville have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cliftonville - Glentoran 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Glentoran won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Cliftonville has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranJ. Donnelly
J. Donnelly
17 goals
CliftonvilleM. McCrudden
M. McCrudden
13 goals
GlentoranR. McDaid
R. McDaid
12 goals

Glentoran missing players

Cliftonville missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Glentoran Cliftonville
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 4 17 35
18 11 1 Won W 0 4 16
11 6 3 Drew D 1 6 8
6 1 0 Lost L 3 7 11
62 36 6 Scored S 2 18 56
30 12 4 Conceded C 8 20 39
91% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
74% 72% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
43% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 54%
31% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 23%
14% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
49% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 43%
40% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 31%
20% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 41% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.9 10.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.5 7.5
4.8 5.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.9 4
37% 39% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 40%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Cliftonville have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most matches under the total-line (20) 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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