1st spot in the Championship table for Ards right now, a strong showing. The match-going supporters pray for more goals as 6th-placed Ballinamallard United visit Bangor Fuels Arena.
- Ards have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Championship
- Ballinamallard United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ards form and stats
Ards have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ards has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Bangor Fuels Arena. We remember; it was Portadown.
The Ards supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ballyclare Comrades in Championship and win 3-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Institute (1-2).Goals decide football matches and Ards are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Ards have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Ballinamallard United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. It’s been three wins in a row for Ballinamallard on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Ballinamallard goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 294 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Ballinamallard's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Loughgall (placed 3rd).
Before that, Ballinamallard secured a home win against Knockbreda with the score 2-0.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 10 goals in 4 league games away this season. Ballinamallard struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - four - zero (Ards wins - draws - Ballinamallard United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Ards missing players
Ballinamallard United missing players
| Ards | Ballinamallard United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 22% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 3.8 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 10.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 42% |
- All of Ballinamallard United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ards have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ards have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ards have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Championship
- Ards have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Championship
- Ards have the most points (15) at home in Championship
- Ards have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Championship
- Ards have won all their matches at home so far.
- Ards have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ards haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ballinamallard United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballinamallard United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ballinamallard United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ballinamallard United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ballinamallard United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ards | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Newry City AFC | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Annagh United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Ballyclare Comrades | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Ballinamallard United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Institute | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 9 | Dergview | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Knockbreda | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Queen's University | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -18 | 3 |
| 12 | Dundela | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 2 |