National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Linfield W or Cliftonville W that keep their silverware dream alive.
Linfield W and Cliftonville W should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Linfield W form and stats
Linfield was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the FA Women's Cup.The story so far in the Premiership Women for Linfield W at their home stadium (Midgley Park) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The club members hope that Linfield W will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-6 away defeat in the Women's Premiership League Cup fixture against Cliftonville W.
Ahead of that fixture, a home defeat in the All-Island Cup against Athlone Town WFC W.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Linfield is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Linfield W have conceded 6 goals.
Cliftonville W form and stats
Cliftonville W's mission in FA Women's Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership Women.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a All-Island Cup home loss versus Galway United W with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A home win as anticipated against Cork City W before that, in the All-Island Cup.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Cliftonville alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (25 from 4 played). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville W have been victorious in all of the 6 latest duels against this opponent. Will the streak continue?Linfield W missing players
Cliftonville W missing players
| Linfield W | Cliftonville W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 36 | 101 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 95% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 122% | 93% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran BU W | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 55 | 28 |
| 2 | Cliftonville W | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 51 | 22 |
| 3 | Sion Swifts W | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 22 |
| 4 | Linfield W | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 19 |
| 5 | Crusaders Strikers W | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | Lisburn W | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | Larne W | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -37 | 7 |
| 8 | Mid-Ulster W | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -31 | 5 |
| 9 | Ballymena Allstars W | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 | -44 | 5 |
| 10 | Derry City W | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | -47 | 0 |
