Championship fixture preview: Ards against Ballyclare Comrades

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Competition: Northern Ireland Championship
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bangor Fuels Arena (1895 seats)

Ards are ready to clash heads with Ballyclare Comrades in this Championship game. All you must know about the match is here!

Insights:
  • Ards have the most conceded goals (8) in Championship
  • Ballyclare Comrades have the most points (6) away in Championship

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.

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Ards form and stats

Only two Championship home games for Ards so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The Ards club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Ballyclare Comrades and win 2-1.

Prior to that, an away loss at Annagh United.

Ards has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Ballyclare Comrades form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Championship away games so far for Ballyclare Comrades with six points collected from three matches.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ballyclare Comrades as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Ards. That loss was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Dundela with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Ballyclare have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

The 5 latest matches involving these sides have all ended as Ards victories. Another one?

These two sides met each other previously this campaign: Ards - Ballyclare Comrades 2-1.

Ards missing players

Ballyclare Comrades missing players

Ards Ballyclare Comrades
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 3 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
5 2 0 Scored S 0 6 6
8 6 5 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 75%
25% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
3 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 8
8 8 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
3.5 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
29% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
 
12.5 12.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.5 9.5
5 5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Ards have the most conceded goals (6) at home in Championship
  • Ards have the most conceded goals (8) in Championship
  • Ards have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Championship
  • Ballyclare Comrades have the most points (6) away in Championship
  • Ballyclare Comrades have the most scored goals (6) away in Championship
Ards Last season Ballyclare Comrades
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 17   Played P   19 38
16 9   Won W   5 11
7 3   Drew D   4 9
15 5   Lost L   10 18
64 32   Scored S   25 51
55 16   Conceded C   40 72
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
87% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 82%
63% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 68%
37% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 42%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 21%
61% 47%   BTTS BTTS   63% 61%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 13%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   32% 29%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.1
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.4
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
8 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.7 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 9.8
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.3
39% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%
 
9.8 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.2
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 5.1

  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 3 3 0 0 10 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 10 9
2 Annagh United 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
3 Ballyclare Comrades 4 2 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 7
4 Dundela 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
5 Ards 4 2 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 2 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 -3 6
6 Newington Youth 3 1 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
7 Ballinamallard United 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
8 Knockbreda 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
9 Institute 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
10 H&W Welders 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 1
11 Warrenpoint Town 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 1
12 Dergview 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 -6 1
Last season 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 5 2 1 2 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 7 6 0 55
2 Dundela 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 53
3 Institute 5 4 0 1 9 8 3 3 0 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 45
4 Ballyclare Comrades 5 1 2 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 42
5 Knockbreda 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -3 34
6 Queen's University 5 1 1 3 9 10 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 3 -1 31