Ards will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Loughgall.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
For Loughgall most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Ards form and stats
Ards have played 9 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Ards in their previous game, a Championship match away at Dundela (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Ards lost 1-2 at Portadown's place.
Ards have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bangor Fuels Arena with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Loughgall form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Loughgall so far, with 8-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Championship statistics.
Loughgall failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Queen's University (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Loughgall secured a home win against Newry City AFC with the score 1-0.
Loughgall are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (28 goals from 9 away games). Loughgall have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Loughgall - Ards 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ards 4 wins, 2 draws and Loughgall 4 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Ards missing players
Loughgall missing players
| Ards | Loughgall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | 43 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 63% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 42% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 45% |
| 26% | 44% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 89% | 60% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 30% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 1.4 | 0.8 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | 22 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| 35 | 11 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 69% | 109% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 325% | 500% | 186% |
- All of Loughgall's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ards have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ards have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ards haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Loughgall has the most points (24) away
- Loughgall has the most scored goals (28) away
- Loughgall has the the best goal difference (+13) away
- Loughgall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Loughgall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Loughgall have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Loughgall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Loughgall 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 | Portadown | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 46 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 43 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Dundela | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Ards | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Queen's University | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | H&W Welders | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | PSNI | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 29 | -38 | 17 |
| 11 | Dergview | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -24 | 15 |