Cliftonville vs Loughgall betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on January 18th, 2025

Cliftonville will be playing against Loughgall in a Premiership football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Cliftonville vs Loughgall betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cliftonville vs Loughgall will occur

The game takes place 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 Loughgall 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 in its last official match won (0-1) against Larne, in a match valid for Irish League Cup.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 0-0 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.90, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Loughgall last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Loughgall faced the Portadown team, and the score ended with a 0-1 for their rivals.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 1.85, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Cliftonville vs Loughgall h2h

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership. The meeting took place on 23-11-2024 and ended with a 4-0 win for Cliftonville.

Cliftonville

Premiership leaderboard now

The Cliftonville team with 31 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.

Which means that in the 26th round, the team has no advantage, over Ballymena United team who is in the position 7.

Cliftonville analysis

Cliftonville after 25 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 28 goals and conceded only 25 to opponents.

Cliftonville team comes to this game with a sequence of 4 losses in the Premiership that has been affecting the team's morale.

It is true that the average number of shots towards the target is not high, but the shooting accuracy of the Cliftonville players, in contrast, is remarkable. The club averaged 2.45 shots per match, with 1.27 goals scored in each match: thus, the team scored 2 goals for every 5 shots kicked toward the goal.

Having won 4 games away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 5 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

While Loughgall has only managed to convert 24 of their 1416 attacks into goals, Cliftonville has been much more successful with 1638 attacks and 28 goals.

Best goalscorer from Cliftonville

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Joe Gormley. The Attacker 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.

Loughgall

Premiership leaderboard now

With 13 points won, Loughgall is in 12th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 3 wins against 17 losses, plus 4 draws.

In the 26th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 8 points as opposed to Carrick Rangers which is just above, in the 11th place.

Loughgall analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Loughgall sums 24 goals for and a total of 57 goals against, after 25 rounds played.

Recent performances have shown that Loughgall is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

With an average of 1 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Loughgall

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Nathaniel Ferris. The Attacker has scored 5 times in the current season and has helped Loughgall come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

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 Loughgall is Nathaniel Ferris, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

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

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 3.36 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.12 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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