Championship: A pair of teams who have played nicely up to now. Prepare for Ballyclare Comrades - Newry City AFC with this comprehensive preview!
- Ballyclare Comrades haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC have the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Ballyclare nor Newry City AFC 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.
Ballyclare Comrades form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Ballyclare Comrades have to build on here at Dixon Park in the Championship.
The Ballyclare crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Linfield here at Dixon Park in a Irish League Cup match. Ballyclare Comrades were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the game before, an away victory in the Championship match versus Queen's University with a 3-1 scoreline.The Ballyclare Comrades manager P. Harbinson has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Ballyclare Comrades's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC are yet to lose a point on their Championship travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Loughgall game have they lost an away game, meaning Newry City AFC has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Irish League Cup home defeat versus Warrenpoint Town (after extra-time) with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Ballinamallard United.It's early days yet, but Newry City AFC has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Ballyclare Comrades-Newry City AFC H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ballyclare Comrades zero wins, Newry City AFC two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Ballyclare Comrades missing players
Newry City AFC missing players
| Ballyclare Comrades | Newry City AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 71% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 48% |
- All of Newry City AFC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballyclare Comrades haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Newry City AFC have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Newry City AFC have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Championship
- Newry City AFC have the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
- Newry City AFC have won all their away games so far.
- Newry City AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newry City AFC | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Ards | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Annagh United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Ballyclare Comrades | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Loughgall | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | H&W Welders | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Ballinamallard United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Dergview | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Knockbreda | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Institute | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 6 |
| 11 | Queen's University | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 3 |
| 12 | Dundela | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 1 |