Portadown are back in Sports Direct Premiership action this afternoon when we travel to Solitude to take on Cliftonville, kick off 3pm

The last time the two sides met was in April 2025 at Shamrock Park with the Ports picking up all 3 points in a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Eamon Fyfe and Josh Ukek while the last time the sides met at Solitude was in February 2025, playing out a 2-2 draw with Ahu Obhakhan and Josh Ukek finding the net for Niall Currie’s men. In total last season the two clubs met four times with Portadown picking up two wins, Cliftonville securing the 3 points on the opening day of the season at Solitude and the afore mentioned fixture that ended in a draw.

Cliftonville were beaten 2-1 by Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park last time out and had both Rory Hale and Jonny Addis sent off and currently sit 6th in the Sports Direct Premiership, They’ve have had a mixed start to the season with 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats but remain unbeaten at Solitude this season with 2 wins and 2 draws – in fact Jim Magilton’s side are unbeaten in their last seven home league games (5 wins, 2 draws), keeping four clean sheets and have only one defeat in their last 12 home league matches.

Portadown have a dismal record at Solitude with our last win coming back in January 2014 thanks to a Gary Twigg goal, in fact last seasons draw at Solitude was our first point picked up at the venue since that win – we’ve gone 13 games at Solitude since that victory in 2014 without picking up a victory.

Portadown come into the fixture on a poor run of form having lost our last three conceding 11 goals in the process and have conceded the most goals in the top flight this season, 20.

Cliftonville are unbeaten in their last 12 home league games against Portadown (11 wins, 1 draw), scoring 33 and keeping ten clean sheets while Joe Gormley has five goals and two assists in his last four appearances against Portadown at Solitude.

 

Referee | Christopher Morrison

Tickets | Cliftonville FC vs. Portadown FC

 

Last Five | Head to Head

19 April 2025 | Portadown 2 (Fyfe, Ukek) Cliftonville 0

9 February 2025| Cliftonville 2 (Curran, Hale) Portadown 2 (Obhakhan, Ukek)

14 December 2024 | Portadown 2 (Mayse, Obhakhan) Cliftonville 0

11 August 2024 | Cliftonville 1 (Curran) Portadown 0

1 March 2024 | Portadown 0 Cliftonville 2 (L.Wilson OG, Ashford)

 

Last Five | Solitude

9 February 2025| Cliftonville 2 (Curran, Hale) Portadown 2 (Obhakhan, Ukek)

11 August 2024 | Cliftonville 1 (Curran) Portadown 0

14 February 2023 | Cliftonville 3 (Ronan Hale x2, Addis) Portadown 0

17 December 2022 – Cliftonville 4 (Gormley x3, Ronan Hale) Portadown 1 (Moorhouse)

2 November 2021 – Cliftonville 4 (Gormley 2, Finnegan OG, Curran) Portadown 0