About Match
2 points and 2 places separate them: Glentoran 7th with 10, Cliftonville 5th with 12. In league terms the two rates read 1.38/1.25 for Glentoran and 1.5/1.25 for Cliftonville (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.34. Victory would move Glentoran to 13 points and up to 4th, overtaking Cliftonville, with other results unchanged.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 10 wins for Glentoran, 4 draws and 6 for Cliftonville, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 30% of meetings won. Goals have risen lately: 3.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.4 across the full history.
Melvin Sports Complex in Strabane, capacity 26,556, hosts the game.