Cliftonville vs Linfield betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on September 17th, 2024

A football match between Cliftonville and Linfield of the Premiership will take place in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), check the Cliftonville vs Linfield betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cliftonville vs Linfield will occur

The game takes place in the small Solitude stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 6224 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Cliftonville vs Linfield 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 defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Glentoran, in a match valid for Premiership, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-0.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 1.83, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Linfield last match

On the other hand, the visiting team appears in this match after drawing in the previous game. In a confrontation valid for Premiership, Linfield faced the Portadown team, and the score ended with a 2-2 draw.

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 6.00) as a bad outcome.

Cliftonville vs Linfield h2h

The last time these teams played against each other during the 2023/2024 season in a Premiership themed match was a hard-fought battle as it ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Linfield team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Cliftonville its counterpart.

Cliftonville

Premiership leaderboard now

The Cliftonville team with 10 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

In the 8th round, the team has no difference over the Glentoran team, which is in position 4 just below, and the same score that the Crusaders team that occupies the 2nd place.

Cliftonville analysis

At the end of round 7 of Premiership, Cliftonville collected 5 goals scored and 3 goals conceded.

his ball possession percentage is 45.5% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Linfield and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Having a record of 2 wins versus 0 losses, and 0 draws in comparison to the 1 game they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Best goalscorer from Cliftonville

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Joe Gormley. Cliftonville owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 2 goals in this season.

Linfield

Premiership leaderboard now

The Linfield team with 13 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw, and 0 losses.

Linfield analysis

After round 7 of Premiership we count 15 goals scored by Linfield and 4 conceded.

Linfield, over the course of the competition, can boast an average per game of 5.6 shots on goal. Because of this, it also has a high goal average and collects excellent results.

This is a top 5 team in the Premiership that wants to keep up with the good performances!

The chances of an opposing team beating Linfield are low, with the latter having a balance of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw when playing away in the Premiership.

Linfield is a more offensive team than Cliftonville, having 369 attacks vs. 193 from Cliftonville, having scored 15 times, in comparison, Cliftonville converted into goal 5 times.

Best goalscorer from Linfield

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Joel Cooper. Linfield owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 4 goals in this season.

Historical data: Linfield

With 55 titles won in the tournament’s history the Linfield team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match and it would not be the first time that the team have managed to surprise their opponents with a victory at a time where they are in poor form.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Linfield has conceded 2 away goals in 3 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Linfield will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-1, something to take into consideration.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Since Linfield has an average of 2.33 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 2.6 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 1.14 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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