Season ticket holders at Shamrock Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Portadown languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Cliftonville will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Portadown has the most conceded goals (34) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Portadown 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.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Cliftonville's home stadium. The visitors last 41 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 6 draws and 21 losses.
Cliftonville are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Portadown form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Portadown, who have the most conceded goals (34) in Premiership, at their home stadium (Shamrock Park) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Portadown, facing Larne in a game that ended 2-2. 1-1 away at Coleraine before that.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Glentoran are coming to town in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portadown here at Shamrock Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Portadown have conceded 9 from these games.
Cliftonville form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cliftonville so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from P. O'Neill secured the home win 3-0 against Warrenpoint Town in their previous game. A 0-1 defeat away at Glentoran before that.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 11 goals have been conceded by Cliftonville in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Cliftonville - Portadown 5-0 played earlier this season. Portadown-Cliftonville H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portadown zero wins, Cliftonville ten wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Bonis 4 goals |  R. Curran 4 goals | M. McCrudden 4 goals |
Portadown missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Portadown | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| 34 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 93% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 78% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 56% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 53% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 39% |
| 13% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 6.6 | 7.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 41% |
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown has the fewest points (2) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals (34) in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premiership
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Larne | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Portadown | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 11 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -23 | 11 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -20 | 8 |