Pre-match info: 26 points split the sides before this game, Cliftonville the superior team. Will Warrenpoint Town pull off a surprise?
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Warrenpoint 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 football pitch has the surface grass, unlike Cliftonville's home stadium. The previous 43 games by the guests on grass have ended with 17 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Warrenpoint Town have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Milltown Playing Fields. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
The Warrenpoint supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Limavady United in Irish League Cup and win 6-1. As mentioned above, Warrenpoint "killed" Limavady United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. A. O'Sullivan was absolutely essential when Warrenpoint beat Limavady United 6-1, scoring three goals.
Heartbreak before that as Warrenpoint Town lost 1-2 at Glentoran's place.Warrenpoint Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Warrenpoint have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Cliftonville form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
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 is eager to challenge this, with his 224 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Cliftonville play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Portadown (after extra-time) (placed 11th).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cliftonville have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. 4 goals have been conceded by Cliftonville in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville - Warrenpoint Town 1-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest h2h game, played this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Warrenpoint won one, Cliftonville were winners in eight and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 8 goals | R. Curran 3 goals |   K. Dillon 2 goals |
Warrenpoint Town missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Warrenpoint Town | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 29 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 58% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 17% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 55% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 8% |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 6.3 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| 42% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 45% | 42% |
| 10.6 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 10 | 7.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
- All of Warrenpoint Town's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville have scored more than double the goals of Warrenpoint Town.
- Cliftonville have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the most points from losing position (11) in Premiership
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cliftonville is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Warrenpoint Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Warrenpoint Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Warrenpoint Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Linfield | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -21 | 3 |