Season ticket holders at Tillysburn Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with H&W Welders languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Ards will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
H&W Welders form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what H&W Welders have to build on here at Tillysburn Park in the Championship.
A good away victory last time out for H&W Welders, who won 2-1 against Newry City AFC (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, H&W Welders lost 1-2 at home to Dundela.
A decent goal production from H&W Welders in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. H&W Welders's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ards form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Ards have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
Ards are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Championship against Ballinamallard United (placed 2nd). A 1-3 defeat away at Queen's University before that.
Ards find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Ards have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ards - H&W Welders 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): H&W Welders 1 win, 4 draws and Ards 5 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.H&W Welders missing players
Ards missing players
| H&W Welders | Ards | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 35 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 81% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 12% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 0.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of H&W Welders's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ards have created more than twice as many corners as H&W Welders.
- Ards have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- H&W Welders have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- H&W Welders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 39 |
| 2 | Ballinamallard United | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Loughgall | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Dundela | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Ards | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Newry City AFC | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | Queen's University | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | H&W Welders | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | PSNI | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 24 | -26 | 17 |
| 11 | Dergview | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 9 |