Only the second game in the Championship for these teams and it's all to play for here at Bangor Fuels Arena as Ards welcomes Loughgall. Check out this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Ards nor Loughgall as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ards form and stats
Last season, Ards's league statistics were 15 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premiership. Over these 31 matches they scored 65 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Ards managed 8-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 24 conceded. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Ards has won four games in a row. The Portadown match was the last time out without a victory.
Happy days for Ards in their previous game, a Championship match away at Annagh United (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-2 victory.
In the game before, an away victory match versus H&W Welders with a 2-1 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ards, as the Championship home game vs H&W Welders is only four days away.
Loughgall form and stats
Let's have a look at how Loughgall performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 66 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 42/24 goals scored/conceded. Things are running smoothly for Loughgall who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Portadown.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Dundela in their previous game.
Before that, Loughgall secured a home win against H&W Welders with the score 3-1.After this away game Loughgall return home for a Championship game against Dergview. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ards five wins, two draws and Loughgall three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Ards missing players
Loughgall missing players
| Ards | Loughgall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Ards | Last season | Loughgall | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 12 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 65 | 32 | Scored | S | 42 | 66 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 87% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 71% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 74% | ||
| 45% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 39% | ||
| 26% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 26% | ||
| 65% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 81% | 61% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 26% | ||
| 10% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 23% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 104% | 105% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 457% | 276% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dergview | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | H&W Welders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Ballyclare Comrades | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Loughgall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Newry City AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Ards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Annagh United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Dundela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Knockbreda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Ballinamallard United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Institute | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | Queen's University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | Portadown | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 66 |
| 2 | Loughgall | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Ballinamallard United | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 60 |
| 4 | Ards | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Newry City AFC | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 6 | Dundela | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | H&W Welders | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 35 |
| 9 | Queen's University | 31 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 59 | 69 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 37 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Dergview | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | -16 | 29 |
| 11 | PSNI | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 98 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 52 | -58 | 23 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 42 | -52 | 22 |