Crusaders vs Cliftonville Prediction 13.03.2023

• Competition: Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership
• Date: Monday, 13th, March 2023
• Kickoff: 19:45 UK / 20.45 CET
• Venue: Seaview (Belfast)

The first (regular) part of the championship of Northern Ireland is coming to an end. There are still three rounds to the end, i.e. to the playoffs and an additional six games that will decide who will be the champion of this year's edition of the NIFL Premiership.

Undoubtedly, a fierce championship race awaits us, as all six teams are somewhat involved in the fight for the title, among which also include Crusaders and Cliftonville. However, The Reds are much closer to that feat, considering that, with a victory on Monday, they would close to only four points from the current leader, the Larne team, which is the hit of the championship in Northern Ireland this season. The squad from "Seaview", meanwhile, does not have such high ambitions for title, given that they are behind by a huge 12 points behind the leader, but with a game less.

Crusaders vs Cliftonville Betting Tips: X2 (Double chance)

It will be the third meeting (the last in the league part) of a total of four of these teams in the current campaign. Crusaders have proved to be the better team, at least for now, as they won four points in the so far two duels against Cliftonville. The clash at "Solitude" ended without goals (0-0), while at "Seaview" it was 3-0 for the host.

By the way, what catches the eyes at the first glance is that the previous meetings of these rivals were quite close and hard, where we had the opportunity to see the sharing of the spoils between them more than once. This is best confirmed by the data that as many as seven of the last 10 clashes ended without a winner.

In addition, it should be borne in mind that in the last couple of seasons, none of these teams managed to outplay their rival twice in the course of the regular part of the season. Cliftonville, the runner-up from last season, will certainly not allow the Crusaders to slap them twice in a row, so we hope that The Reds are preparing revenge.

True, Cliftonville is in a drop in form in recent weeks, and three defeats from the previous five competitive games best illustrate their crisis. However, the Crusaders are not shining lately either, as they have dropped some important points against teams from the lower part of the table. Regardless of the impressive domestic form of the Crusaders, we expect a completely equal duel in which both teams should settle for a point.