Larne will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Cliftonville.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cliftonville have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-6-18 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.
Larne are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 6th place whatever happens now.
Larne form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Larne at their home stadium (Inver Park) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Larne has racked up an amazing five draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Larne are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Larne drew their last game, also a home match. Carrick Rangers (placed 9th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Warrenpoint Town with a 2-0 scoreline.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Larne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 3 Lost 0.
There will be little rest for Larne after this match as they are travelling to Ballymena United for a Premiership game in only four days.
Larne can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Larne's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cliftonville form and stats
Cliftonville, who have the most points (23) away in Premiership, have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games.
Two travels in a row for Cliftonville, whose manager P. McLaughlin could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Crusaders. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Coleraine.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Cliftonville in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cliftonville, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cliftonville are hosting Glenavon in the Premiership only four days away.
Cliftonville has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 11 games. Cliftonville are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Larne - Cliftonville 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Larne won 0 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Cliftonville has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 4Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 14 goals |   M. Donnelly 8 goals |  D. McDaid 8 goals |
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| Larne | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 81% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 62% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 43% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 24% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 33% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | 93 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 107 | 182 |
| 107 | 50 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 53 | 94 |
| 36% | 40% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | 39% |
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals (14)
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Cliftonville has the most matches under the total-line (13)
- Cliftonville has the most points (23) away
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville 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 | Cliftonville | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Linfield | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 43 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 43 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 25 | 40 |
| 6 | Larne | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -15 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 34 | -34 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -30 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 36 | -49 | 12 |