About Match
In the standings it is Cliftonville 5th on 12 points, Linfield 2nd on 19 — separated by 7. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Cliftonville run at 1.5 scored and 1.25 conceded, Linfield at 1.13 and 0.63. A win here leaves Cliftonville on 15 points and up to 4th, other results permitting.
Linfield carry a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Cliftonville 6/15, Linfield 13/15.
17 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cliftonville 6, draws 4, Linfield 7, at 2.18 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 41% of the meetings went to the host.
The match takes place at Solitude in Belfast (capacity 3,000).




