Cliftonville vs Linfield
13th January 1400hrs
Football – Northern Ireland – Premiership
Pick Cliftonville AH0
Bookmaker Bet Victor
Odds: 1.90 odds taken 0917 GMT, Sunday 12 January
There’s just the one fixture scheduled for Monday night in the Northern Ireland top flight but nevertheless an important one as Cliftonville take on Linfield as the betting tips continue at Solitude.
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Cliftonville Preview – Can Cliftonville extend winning streak?
Having won their last 4 league matches on the trot, Cliftonville will be aiming to make it five on the trot on Monday night when they play host to Linfield at Solitude, which in turn would see the hosts move three points clear at the top of the Northern Ireland Premiership.
The hosts are currently tied on 50 points apiece with league leaders Glentoran ahead of Monday night’s action, but the recent wins against Coleraine, Crusaders, Larne and Glenavon will give Paddy McLaughlin’s boys plenty of confidence in taking the spoils in this encounter.
Cliftonville also possess a pretty impressive recored on home turf at their Solitude ground as their record of 8-0-3 17/6 indicates, and they’ll head into this encounter having won 7 of their last 8 matches on home soil.
In addition, their attacking personnel includes prolific striker, Joe Gormley (15 goals) along with support from Donnelly (6 goals) and Curran (4 goals) as the hosts look to grab another three points and avenge their last two meetings against Linfield which both ended in 1-0 losses away from home.
Linfield Preview – Can Linfield extend dominance?
4th placed Linfield’s recent results have been a little more modest by comparison but nevertheless the visitors have won 5 of their last 8 matches overall in the Northern Ireland Premiership having collected wins against Ballymena United, Larne, Cliftonville, Warrenpoint Town and Institute.
Within this solid 8-match sequence, Linfield have suffered just 1 defeat which was a heavy 3-0 loss away from home at Glentoran but they find themselves just 3 points adrift of their Monday night’s hosts, Cliftonville, so there’s plenty at stake here.
Linfield may also feel they hold the edge over Cliftonville as they’ve won the last two encounters on the trot against tonight’s opponents, both by 1-0 margins and both registered on home turf at their Windsor Park ground.
However, an away record of 6-1-4 16/9 isn’t entirely convincing, neither is the fact that they’ve recorded just 2 wins from their last 5 away matches in the Northern Irish top flight in recent times.
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