Portadown vs Cliftonville betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 14th, 2024

Portadown and Cliftonville will play on Saturday, December 14th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Premiership game to be held in Northern Ireland, check the Portadown vs Cliftonville betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Portadown vs Cliftonville will occur

The game will be played in the small Shamrock Park stadium, in the city of Portadown, with a capacity for 5804 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Portadown vs Cliftonville 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 2.59 goals per match played.

Portadown last match

Portadown in its last official match lost (2-1) against Linfield, in a match valid for Premiership.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 8.00 indicated as much.

Cliftonville last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Irish League Cup, Cliftonville faced the Armagh City team, and the score ended in favor with a 0-3.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of .

Portadown vs Cliftonville h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 11-08-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Cliftonville.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

The Portadown team with 28 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.

This means that in the 21st round, the Glentoran team is closing in at 5th place, with no points difference separating them.

Portadown analysis

Portadown after 20 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 25 goals and conceded only 19 to opponents.

The Portadown team comes from a defeat in the Premiership, and its coach Niall Currie wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Portadown average number of shots towards the target is not among the brightest, with only 2.56 attempts towards the goal per match played; on the contrary, the team's goal-scoring average is very good, as it has scored 1.39 goals per match so far, and thus has gone on goal in 40% of the attempts made towards the opponents' goal.

Portadown has a ball possession average of 44.92% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Portadown vs Cliftonville 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Best goalscorer from Portadown

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Ryan Mayse has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Portadown with 7 goals this season, the Midfielder has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Cliftonville

Premiership leaderboard now

The Cliftonville team with 31 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 4 draws, and 5 losses.

This means that in the 21st round the team has an advantage of 1 point in relation to the Dungannon Swifts team that is in the 3rd place.

Cliftonville analysis

Cliftonville shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 20 games has only conceded goals on 17 occasions, and has scored in 27.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Premiership.

Cliftonville is a more offensive team than Portadown, having 1278 attacks vs. 904 from Portadown, having scored 27 times, in comparison, Portadown converted into goal 25 times.

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 14 goals in this season.

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

Historical data: Cliftonville

With 5 titles in the history of the tournament, the Cliftonville team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match; it would not be the first time that the team managed to surprise with a victory at a time of worse results.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Portadown is Ryan Mayse, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Cliftonville is Joe Gormley, he has scored in 14 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Cliftonville scores an average of 1.89 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.95.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.64 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.3 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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