📏 Form Guide

Cliftonville

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Cliftonville fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-1 Irish Cup triumph against Glenavon.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Cliftonville have participated. Opposing sides scored 10 of them in this period whereas Cliftonville managed to get a total of 8. Putting that to one side, time will tell if that pattern will be maintained here in this game.

Going into this one, Cliftonville are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Bangor

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Carrick Rangers in Premiership competition, Bangor and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

For Bangor, the scorers were Lewis Francis (15') and Ben Cushnie (51'). Billy Joe Burns (34'), Ryan McKay (43') and Adam Lecky (57') scored for Carrick Rangers.

The stats tell the story, and Bangor have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 14 goals in all. At the back, Bangor have some weaknesses to address.

Going into this contest, Bangor have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

The last league meeting between these clubs was Premiership match day 21 on 20/12/2025 when the final score was Bangor 1-1 Cliftonville.

The referee was Tim Marshall.

📋 Team News: Cliftonville

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Cliftonville boss Jim Magilton to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. PJ Morrison (Knock) is sidelined.

It looks as if The Reds will probably use a 4-4-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Matthew Cox, Luca Hoole, William Boyle, Josh Ruffels, Ismeal Kabia, Tom Sang, Taylor Perry, Kevin Berkoe, Anthony Scully, John Marquis and Iwan Morgan.

ℹ️ Team News: Bangor

There’s a good chance that Bangor could decide to begin the game with a 4-4-1-1 system, going with Wyll Stanway, Jack Thompson, Charlie Raglan, Niall Canavan, Joseph Anderson, Elliot Newby, Jack Earing, Charlie McCann, Brandon Powell, Jovan Malcolm and Danny Rose.

✨ Prediction

For this match, we think that Cliftonville will more than likely create enough chances to score more than one against Bangor, who won’t find it easy scoring a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a decent 2-0 victory for Cliftonville come full-time.

Andre Moura, 19:13 10/02/2026