Cliftonville will be looking for a repeat of their last outcome, a 0-5 League victory against Dundela. Paddy McLaughlin’s Cliftonville have scored 10 goals in their past half-dozen games. In that period, they have had nine goals scored against them.

Linfield will enter the game fresh off a 3-0 League victory against Warrenpoint Town in their last match. Linfield’s defence players have put in a string of solid performances, resulting in a total of three goals against in their past six games. During the same time frame, their forwards have scored ten goals. Aside than that, we’ll simply have to wait and see if the pattern continues in this game.

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Match details

• Teams: Cliftonville FC – Linfield FC
• Tournament: Premiership
• Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
• Hour: 01:15

Prediction

We feel that Cliftonville will have to play well in order to score against this Linfield side, which we predict will end up scoring and staying ahead.

As a result, we believe Linfield will win by a hard-fought 0-1 score after everything is said and done.

We anticipate it to be that close. 

Head to head

A review of their most recent meetings, dating back to May 29, 2021, reveals that Cliftonville has won 0 and Linfield has won 2, with 4 games being drawn.

During the course of those matches, they scored a total of nine goals, with three for The Reds and six for The Blues. That equates to 1.5 goals per game on average.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was on Premiership match day 8 on 08/11/2022, with the result Linfield 0-0 Cliftonville.

Raymond Crangle was the official.

Lineup

Cliftonville:

• Orann Donnelly
• Colin Coates
• Garry Breen
• Jamie Harney
• Stephen McGuinness
• Stephen Mallon
• Chris Curran
• Conor McDermott
• Joe Gormley
• Ryan Curran
• Calvin McCurry

Linfield:

• Christopher Johns
• Jimmy Callacher
• Niall Quinn
• Ross Larkin
• Jamie Mulgrew
• Jordan Stewart
• Stephen Fallon
• Joel Cooper
• Robbie McDaid
• Ethan Devine
• Ewan McCoubrey 

Betting tips

According to the most recent bookmaker odds in the win-draw-win market, backing Cliftonville is best priced at 3.06, betting on the game ending all-square is 3.28, and betting on Linfield winning is 2.38. Those are the finest yields available right now.

For this match, our expert partners predict a score of less than 3.5 goals.

Where to watch

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