With their 20 point advantage in the league table, Ards fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dergview.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Ards form and stats
7-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Ards so far this season.
A strong away win for Ards against Dundela the last match. Ahead of that match, Ards won a home game hosting Dergview (5-2).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ards played a great game against Dundela and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Goals decide football matches and Ards are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ards defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Dergview form and stats
Dergview have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-9 (13 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on I. Sproule, the Dergview manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Two away games in a row for Dergview, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Ards in the Championship. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Dundela.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Ards was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dergview as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. For Dergview, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ards - Dergview 5-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Ards wins - draws - Dergview wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Ards missing players
Dergview missing players
| Ards | Dergview | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 57 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 40 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 44 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 70% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 62% | 62% |
| 48% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 29% |
| 30% | 36% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 59% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 69% | 67% |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 25% |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 32 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 44 | 14 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 84% | 86% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 125% | 188% |
- Ards have created more than twice as many corners as Dergview.
- Ards have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ards have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dergview have scored away.
- Ards have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ards haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dergview has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Dergview has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Dergview has the fewest points (6) away
- Dergview have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dergview have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dergview haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portadown | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 42 | 62 |
| 2 | Loughgall | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 52 |
| 3 | Ballinamallard United | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 33 | 51 |
| 4 | Newry City AFC | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Ards | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 42 |
| 6 | Dundela | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 42 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -7 | 34 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Queen's University | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -8 | 31 |
| 10 | PSNI | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 42 | -50 | 23 |
| 11 | Dergview | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 42 | -50 | 16 |