Annagh United have played really well so far this season, being 3rd spot in the table. Ards have a view both ways from their 5th place.
- Annagh United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Ards is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Ards's usual surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Ards have performed like this: Played five matches yielding 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal data 10-8 (scored/conceded).
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Annagh United form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Annagh United have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games.
The Annagh United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Ards here at Hasanbeg Arena.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Loughgall that ended 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Annagh handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
A decent goal production from Annagh United in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Annagh United have conceded only 14 goals.
Ards form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (35) away in Championship, are W6-D2-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
It's the second away game in a row for Ards, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Annagh United last time out.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Warrenpoint Town.Ards are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ards are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ards have conceded 35 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Annagh - Ards 1-2 logged in the official records. The match official brandished his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was McGuinness (Annagh United). Annagh United-Ards H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Annagh United three wins, Ards six wins, zero draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
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| Annagh United | Ards | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 19 | 36 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 53 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | 67 |
| 41 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 41 | 68 |
| 92% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | 89% |
| 61% | 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 79% | 69% |
| 19% | 17% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 58% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 80% | 53% | 42% |
| 56% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 79% | 69% |
| 25% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 5% | 14% |
| 28% | 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 7.4 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 34% | 39% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 48% | 45% |
| 5.9 | 5.1 | 1.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Annagh United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Ards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ards have the most scored goals (35) away in Championship
- Ards have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Championship
- Ards haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ards is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 45 | 69 |
| 2 | Warrenpoint Town | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 63 |
| 3 | Annagh United | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 55 |
| 4 | Dundela | 33 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 54 |
| 5 | Ards | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 62 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Ballyclare Comrades | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 56 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Ballinamallard United | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -8 | 46 |
| 9 | Institute | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 37 | -9 | 34 |
| 10 | Newington Youth | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 65 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -15 | 33 |
| 11 | Dergview | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 63 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 36 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 46 | -40 | 28 |
