Championship match prediction and preview for H&W Welders vs Ballyclare Comrades clash

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Competition: Northern Ireland Championship
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tillysburn Park (3000 seats)

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 Ballyclare Comrades will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Ballyclare Comrades are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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H&W Welders form and stats

H&W Welders have collected 11 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-2-3. The H&W Welders manager C. McIlwaine might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The H&W Welders crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Knockbreda here at Tillysburn Park in a Championship match. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-5 away at Queen's University.

A decent goal production from H&W Welders in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the H&W Welders defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ballyclare Comrades form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Ballyclare Comrades have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. Ballyclare Comrades have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Ballyclare Comrades, whose manager S. Hughes could celebrate last time after the Championship win against PSNI. A 0-1 loss hosting Dundela before that.

As mentioned above, Ballyclare Comrades was the only team on the pitch versus PSNI in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.

The travelling fans enjoy Ballyclare Comrades's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. For Ballyclare Comrades, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ballyclare Comrades - H&W Welders 8-0 entered in the official records. H&W Welders-Ballyclare Comrades H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: H&W Welders 6 wins, Ballyclare Comrades 4 wins, 0 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

H&W Welders missing players

Ballyclare Comrades missing players

H&W Welders Ballyclare Comrades
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 2 9 20
6 3 2 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
10 3 0 Lost L 0 4 9
31 13 4 Scored S 7 14 38
44 13 1 Conceded C 3 22 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 80%
79% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 55%
53% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 45%
37% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 56% 40%
68% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 50%
11% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 20%
21% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 35%
 
0.7 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.2 1.6
0.8 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 1.2 1.3
0.4 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.4 0.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 12 33
10 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 6 14
200% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 83% 143%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of H&W Welders's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ballyclare Comrades have created more than twice as many corners as H&W Welders.
  • Ballyclare Comrades have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ballyclare Comrades have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • H&W Welders has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
  • 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 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