The Premiership game at Lakeview Park on Saturday will see home team Loughgall facing Cliftonville.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Loughgall v Cliftonville, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Loughgall
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Loughgall will play in this game following on from a 2-2 Premiership drawn game versus Carrick Rangers.
For Loughgall, the goalscorers were Kirk McLaughlin (15') and Ben Magee (92'). Albert Watson (26') and Luke McCullough (52') scored for Carrick Rangers.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Loughgall have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Loughgall have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 12 goals during that time.
Coming into this meeting, Loughgall are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Cliftonville
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After a loss in their previous game against Portadown in Premiership action, Cliftonville and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Eamon Fyfe (2') and Josh Ukek (54') scored for Portadown.
A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Cliftonville has become evident recently. Looking at their last six outings reveals that it’s happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal tally of 3 and Cliftonville have scored 16. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being sustained here.
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Head to head
An examination of their past head to head results going back to 16/12/2023 reveals that these fixtures have been miserable for Loughgall. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Cliftonville have been superior, finishing as winners in 100% of those match-ups.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 in all at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.
The previous league game between the two was Premiership match day 26 on 18/01/2025 when the final score was Cliftonville 2-0 Loughgall.
The referee was Steven Gregg.
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Prediction
In our view, Loughgall have the ability to score a goal against this Cliftonville team, but one goal might not be enough.
We can see a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Cliftonville after 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Victor Martins,
03:11 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Loughgall
Formed: 1967
Stadium: Lakeview Park (1,650)
Captain: Ben Murdock
Chairman: Sam Nicholson
Manager: Darren Murphy
Competitions: Premiership position 12
⭐ Star Player: Ben Magee
Usually played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Ben Magee was born in N. Ireland. After having played his first senior match for Loughgall in the 2023 - 2024 season, the gifted Midfielder has managed to score 6 league goals in this Premiership 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 20 appearances.