A very important game in Premiership as both participants are challenging for the top league positions. With Larne in 1st position and Cliftonville at 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have scored in all their away matches so far.
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 21 victories, 14 draws and 9 defeats from 44 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 65-46. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Larne 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.
Larne form and stats
Larne have collected seven points from their first three Premiership games here at Inver Park, a promising start. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Larne has won four games in a row. The Crusaders match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Larne, as their goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson has completely shut out the opponents for 385 minutes in the Premiership.
Larne's previous match was a County Antrim Shield game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 against Ballymena United. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
Before that match, a Premiership win away at Newry City AFC.This is expected to be a close game, with Larne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Larne as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Larne has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Gamblers who prefer gambling for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
Larne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Inver Park with 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Cliftonville form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Cliftonville have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. Having won their last three away games Cliftonville has no reason to fear anyone.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cliftonville goalkeeper Nathan Gartside is eager to challenge this, with his 333 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Cliftonville delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Linfield in their previous game; a County Antrim Shield duel.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Crusaders.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Cliftonville in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cliftonville, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
Cliftonville has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Cliftonville have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Larne.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hale 7 goals |  P. O'Neill 5 goals | R. Curran 5 goals |
Larne missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Larne | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| 2.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 31% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| 1.6 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Cliftonville have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Larne have not yet lost a game.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Larne have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premiership
- Larne have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Linfield | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -19 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 1 |
