1st position in the Premiership table for Linfield so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Cliftonville visits Windsor Park.
- Linfield have the most scored goals (47) in Premiership
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cliftonville have scored away.
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.
Cliftonville play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cliftonville when playing on grass are 15 wins, 8 draws and 20 defeats from 43 matches. They have scored 53 goals and conceded 62 times in these games.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
The season is still full of potential for Linfield as they can still win the whole Premiership.
Linfield form and stats
Linfield, who have the most scored goals (47) in Premiership, are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Windsor Park. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
The fans are hoping that Linfield will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premiership game against Glentoran (placed 6th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Larne.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Warrenpoint Town are coming to town in three days.
Linfield are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Windsor Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Linfield have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cliftonville form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cliftonville so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Cliftonville has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ballymena United for a Premiership game that ended a draw (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carrick Rangers at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cliftonville have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cliftonville - Linfield 4-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Linfield wins - draws - Cliftonville wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Waterworth 11 goals | S. Lavery 11 goals | J. Stewart 6 goals |
Linfield missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Linfield | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 47 | 29 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 34 |
| 25 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 74% |
| 71% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 48% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 22% |
| 24% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 62% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 33% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 30% |
| 10% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 53% | 52% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 41% |
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cliftonville have scored away.
- Linfield have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals (29) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals (47) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+22) 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 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -31 | 12 |