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Predictions and Tips
The Premiership match at Shamrock Park on Saturday sees home team Portadown prepare for the visit of Cliftonville.
Our Portadown v Cliftonville predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide

Portadown
WDLDLW ⚖
Portadown are hoping to win again after their last result, a 3-1 Premiership victory versus Loughgall.
For Portadown, the goals were scored by James Teelan (19'), Josh Ukek (82') and Ben Wylie (90'). Ryan Waide (83') scored for Loughgall.
It has been seldom in recent times that Portadown have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Portadown have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals in the process.
Taking a look at their past results, Portadown:
- are unbeaten in the league by Cliftonville in their previous 2 matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 5 home league matches.
Cliftonville
DWWWWW 🔥
Cliftonville will go into the encounter after a 2-0 Premiership win against Glenavon in their most recent fixture.
For Cliftonville, goals were scored by Ryan Curran (53') and Eric McWoods (73').
The attack-minded Cliftonville have helped themselves to a plethora of goals over their previous six games (18 in all). That works out as the impressive average of 3 goals scored per game during this period of time. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being sustained here.
Heading into this contest, Cliftonville haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/12/2022 tells us that Portadown have won 1 of these and Cliftonville 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 for The Ports and 12 coming from The Reds. The average goals per game has been 2.83.
The last league match featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 28 on 09/02/2025 which ended up with the score at Cliftonville 2-2 Portadown.
The referee was Tony Clarke.
🔮 Prediction
We’re of the view that Portadown might have a difficult job to score against this Cliftonville lineup who we think will just have the edge.
We therefore see a hard-fought 0-1 win for Cliftonville at the end of the 90 minutes.
Looking forward to this.
Victor Martins, 13:06 19/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Portadown
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Shamrock Park (2,770)
Captain: Gary Thompson
Chairman: David Jameson
Manager: Niall Currie
Competitions: Premiership position 8
🔑 Star Player: Adu Obhakhan
Regularly playing in the Striker position, Adu Obhakhan was born in Drogheda, Rep. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Portadown in the 2024 - 2025 season, the gifted Forward has bagged 9 league goals in this Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 34 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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37 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 85 | WWWWL |
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37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 62 | WDDWW |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 60 | DLWLW |
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36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 52 | DWLWL |
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36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 51 | DLDLL |
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36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 51 | DWLDL |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 55 | DWWWW |
8 |
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36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 50 | DLDLW |
9 |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 47 | WLWLD |
10 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 40 | LLDLL |
11 |
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36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -23 | 31 | DLLWD |
12 |
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36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -46 | 21 | DWLWL |
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Loughgall |
Carrick Rangers |
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Glenavon |
Coleraine |
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Dungannon Swifts |
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Cliftonville |
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Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
Ards |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Loughgall |
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Glenavon |
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Dungannon Swifts |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Larne |
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Linfield |
Carrick Rangers |
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Cliftonville |
Coleraine |
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Ballymena United |
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Glenavon |
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Coleraine |
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Linfield |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 28 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Adu Obhakhan | 9 |
Ryan Mayse | 8 |
Josh Ukek | 8 |
Eamon Fyfe | 4 |
Steven McCullough | 4 |
Joe Gormley | 18 |
Ryan Curran | 10 |
Eric McWoods | 4 |
Jonathan Addis | 3 |
Shea Gordon | 3 |
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Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
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