Newry City AFC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Ards.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game was an away game at Dergview, so at least Newry City AFC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Ards have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC have played 16 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Newry City AFC against Dergview the last match.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newry City AFC as they are travelling to their away game against Dergview in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Newry City AFC are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 16 league matches. Newry City AFC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ards form and stats
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ards playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Having won their last three away games Ards has no reason to fear anyone.
Ards play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting H&W Welders (placed 8th).
The Ards manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 33 away goals in 15 league matches. Ards have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Newry City AFC - Ards 5-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Newry City AFC four wins, zero draws and Ards two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Newry City AFC missing players
Ards missing players
| Newry City AFC | Ards | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 55 | 32 | 6 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | 65 |
| 32 | 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 44 |
| 90% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 70% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 60% | 81% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 71% |
| 33% | 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 47% | 45% |
| 17% | 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| 53% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 37% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 20% | 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 2.1 | 2.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | 58 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 63 | 119 |
| 35 | 26 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 30 | 52 |
| 114% | 104% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 83% | 77% |
- Ards has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Ards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newry City AFC has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Newry City AFC has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Newry City AFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newry City AFC have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 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 |