Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 30th, 2024

Cliftonville and Dungannon Swifts will face each other in a Premiership game in Northern Ireland on Monday, December 30th, 2024, at 19:45h (UTC), check the Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Solitude stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 6224 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts betting tip 2024/2025

The Premiership has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.11 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.52 goals per match played.

Cliftonville last match

Cliftonville comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Crusaders, in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 2-0.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 3.00, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Dungannon Swifts last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Dungannon Swifts faced the Loughgall team, and the score ended in favor with a 2-1.

The odds of 1.48 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Cliftonville vs Dungannon Swifts h2h

The two teams have not faced each other since 09-11-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 1-4 win for Cliftonville.

The performance of the Dungannon Swifts team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Cliftonville team.

Cliftonville

Premiership leaderboard now

The Cliftonville team with 31 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses.

Which means that in the 24th round, the team is ahead with no advantage over Ballymena United team who is in the 6th place.

Cliftonville analysis

After 23 rounds, Cliftonville has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 28 goals for and 23 conceded.

Cliftonville team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Premiership that has been affecting the team's morale.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 4 games as the visiting team, compared to their record of 5 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws playing in their home base.

Best goalscorer from Cliftonville

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Joe Gormley. He has scored 15 times in the current season and has helped Cliftonville come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Dungannon Swifts

Premiership leaderboard now

The Dungannon Swifts team with 36 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 11 wins, 3 draws, and 9 losses.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the Glentoran team closing in at the 3rd place in the 24th round.

Dungannon Swifts analysis

After 23 rounds, Dungannon Swifts has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 29 goals for and 26 conceded.

Dungannon Swifts average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 3.04 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 1.26. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Premiership.

Best goalscorer from Dungannon Swifts

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name John McGovern. Dungannon Swifts owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 6 goals in this season.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cliftonville is Joe Gormley, who has already scored 15 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Dungannon Swifts is John McGovern, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Cliftonville 1.1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Dungannon Swifts 1.18 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.08.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 3.83 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.57 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Cliftonville side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 times this season, very different from Dungannon Swifts who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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