Cliftonville will do battle on Wednesday as they ready themselves for this imminent Premiership - Europa play-offs clash with Glentoran.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Glentoran v Cliftonville game (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Glentoran
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Glentoran will play in this game after a 0-0 Premiership tied result against Larne.
Declan Devine's Glentoran have hit the target a sum total of 9 times over their preceding six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 7.
Cliftonville
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In their previous game, Cliftonville drew 1-1 in the Irish Cup tie with Dungannon Swifts.
Dungannon Swifts ran out winners after a 3-4 penalty shootout.
Indicating their bias toward fruitful encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the prior six matches in which Cliftonville have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 5 of those goals. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall be maintained in this game.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 09/12/2023, there has been little between the sides with Glentoran winning 2 of those games, Cliftonville 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.
An aggregate of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from The Glens and 9 netted by The Reds. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The last league match between the two was Premiership match day 30 on 21/02/2025 and the score finished Cliftonville 2-0 Glentoran.
The match was refereed by Tim Marshall.
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Team News: Glentoran
Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Glentoran boss Declan Devine to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Josh Kelly (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.
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Prediction
We envisage that Cliftonville are capable enough to break down this Glentoran lineup, however that probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 win for Glentoran after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.
Andre Moura,
14:00 05/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Glentoran
Formed: 1882
Stadium: The BetMcLean Oval (6,054)
Captain: Marcus Kane
Chairman: Colin Jess
Manager: Declan Devine
Competitions: Premiership position 3, Premiership - Europa play-offs (Semi Finals)
🔑 Star Man: Jordan Jenkins
Mostly used in the Striker position, Jordan Jenkins was born in N. Ireland. Having made his senior debut playing for Glenavon in the 2016 - 2017 season, the accomplished Forward has contributed 12 league goals in this Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 35 appearances.