Cliftonville vs Larne Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Cliftonville

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Cliftonville head into this match following on from a 1-1 Premiership draw vs Portadown.

The only name on the scoresheet from Cliftonville was Rory Hale (62'). Adam McCallum (90') was the scorer for Portadown.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Cliftonville have shown defensive steel. In fact, The Reds have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals in the process.

Ahead of this clash, Cliftonville are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Larne

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Larne head into the clash following a 3-0 Premiership win vs Dungannon Swifts in their previous match.

For Larne, the goalscorers were Mark Randall (9') and Martin Donnelly (73'). Dougie Wilson (53' Own goal) scored for Dungannon Swifts.

The stats tell the story, and Larne have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. At the back, Larne could really do with shoring things up. However, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be maintained in this upcoming match.

Going into this one, Larne are unbeaten in their previous 8 league matches away from home. They really have been good on their travels.

👥 Head to head

The last league game featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 7 on 21/11/2020 and the score finished Larne 1-0 Cliftonville.

The match was refereed by Lee Tavinder.

🗞️ Team News: Cliftonville

Cliftonville boss Paddy McLaughlin will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a fully healthy squad available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Larne

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, Larne manager Tiernan Lynch has zero fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Cliftonville will need things to go their way to breach the defence of this Larne team who will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore expecting a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Larne at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 11:19 16/02/2021