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Larne line up against away side Cliftonville at Inver Park in this Premiership tie on Saturday.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Larne v Cliftonville - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Larne
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Larne won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-1 Premiership losing effort in their last game against Crusaders.
Stewart Nixon (82') scored for Crusaders.
In their last 6 fixtures, Tiernan Lynch's Larne have scored 12 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 2.
Their previous form shows that Larne:
- remain undefeated by Cliftonville in games played at home for the previous 3 league games.
- have not lost a league tie with Cliftonville in their last 5 matches.
Cliftonville
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In the game prior to this, Cliftonville drew 2-2 in the Premiership match with Coleraine.
For Cliftonville, the goalscorers were Paddy Burns (23'), Rory Hale (28') and David Odumosu (88' Own goal). Matthew Shevlin (63') scored for Coleraine.
Jim Magilton's Cliftonville have found the back of the net a total of 10 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 9.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 18/02/2023 tells us that Larne have won 4 of them & Cliftonville 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 for Larne and 5 created by The Reds. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.
The last league game featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 33 on 02/04/2024 when the final score was Cliftonville 0-2 Larne.
The match was refereed by Raymond Crangle.
📰 Team News: Larne
Shaun Want (Muscle tear), Ali Omar (surgery) and Levi Ives (Knee injury) are not available for Larne boss Tiernan Lynch.
🗞️ Team News: Cliftonville
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there is just a single fitness issue for the Cliftonville gaffer Jim Magilton to contend with. Ryan Curran (Groin injury) misses out for this game.
🧠 Prediction
In this match, Cliftonville are capable enough to put one past this Larne team, but it possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Larne by the conclusion of the game. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 16:08 13/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Larne
Formed: 1889
Stadium: Inver Park (2,732)
Captain: Tomas Cosgrove
Chairman: Gareth Clements
Manager: Tiernan Lynch
Competitions: Premiership position 1
🔑 Star Player: Lee Bonis
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Lee Bonis was born in Portadown, N. Ireland. After having played his first senior match for Larne in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 16 league goals in this Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 32 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 82 | WWWDW |
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34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 51 | 80 | WDWWL |
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34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 71 | LLWLD |
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35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 58 | WDWWL |
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35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 57 | DLWWD |
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35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | -15 | 45 | WDDDD |
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35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 42 | DWLWL |
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35 | 12 | 5 | 18 | -21 | 41 | DLWLL |
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35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 38 | WLLDW |
10 |
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35 | 11 | 4 | 20 | -21 | 37 | DWLLW |
11 |
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35 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 22 | LLLLW |
12 |
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35 | 4 | 5 | 26 | -63 | 17 | LWLLL |
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Goals scored | 2.6 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 20 |
Time first goal conceded | 63 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 6-1 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 2.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Andy Ryan | 23 |
Lee Bonis | 17 |
Leroy Millar | 8 |
Joe Thomson | 8 |
Paul O'Neill | 7 |
Ben Wilson | 18 |
Ronan Hale | 14 |
Joe Gormley | 11 |
Rory Hale | 10 |
Sam Ashford | 5 |
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