Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Cliftonville

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Cliftonville will play in this match following a 2-2 Premiership draw vs Crusaders.

The only scorer from Cliftonville was Ryan Curran (35', 71'). Jordan Forsythe (26') and Ross Clarke (80') scored for Crusaders.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Cliftonville have played. Their opponents scored 8 times in this period while Cliftonville managed to get a total of 9. Having said that, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall be maintained in this upcoming game or not.

Their previous form shows that Cliftonville:

• have not lost a league tie with Dungannon Swifts in their last 7 games.
• are undefeated in their last 21 league matches at home. What a fortress.

Dungannon Swifts

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Carrick Rangers in Premiership action, Dungannon Swifts will be aiming to make amends here.

David Cushley (42') was the scorer for Carrick Rangers.

The numbers tell their own story, and Dungannon Swifts have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in all. At the back, Dungannon Swifts have not been doing too well.

Going into this encounter, Dungannon Swifts have not won against Cliftonville in games played away from home for the previous 8 league games. An awful away record.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 18/09/2021 shows us that Cliftonville have won 5 of these games & Dungannon Swifts 1, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 14 from The Reds and 5 created by The Swifts. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

🗞️ Team News: Cliftonville

Levi Ives (Thigh muscle rupture) and Stephen Mallon (Surgery) are not available for Cliftonville gaffer Paddy McLaughlin.

📋 Team News: Dungannon Swifts

Due to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Dungannon Swifts manager Dean Shiels has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Cliftonville can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

In contrast, Dungannon Swifts will be up against it to get a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re tipping a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Cliftonville when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 02:29 14/03/2023