Another adrenaline-pumping match in Championship as Newry City AFC welcome Ards

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Competition: Northern Ireland Championship
Competition: Fri 27.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (7949 seats)

Look at this engrossing fixture in the Championship. Newry City AFC is in the 1st place from featuring in four fixtures. They receive Ards who are placed 2nd from four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Newry City AFC have the most scored goals (13) in Championship
  • Ards have the most points from losing position (6) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Newry City AFC form and stats

As mentioned below, Newry City AFC are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Championship games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

A strong away win for Newry against Dergview the last match.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Institute in a game that was won 5-1.

It's goals goals goals for Newry City AFC who have scored 11 goals from 3 league home games. On the other hand, Newry have conceded 3 goals.

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Ards form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Championship, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches. In general it has been a productive period now for Ards as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ards goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 268 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Ards go into this game after a win, the home game against Queen's University that ended 3-0.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus H&W Welders.

Ards have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings with these contenders: Newry won four, Ards were winners in two and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Newry City AFC missing players

Ards missing players

Newry City AFC Ards
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 3 0 Played P 1 1 4
4 3 0 Won W 1 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
13 11 0 Scored S 3 3 10
3 3 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 67% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 25%
50% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
2 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2.5
2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.7 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10.5
7.3 7.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
45% 53% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Ards have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Championship
  • Ards have the most points from losing position (6) in Championship
  • Ards have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship
  • Newry City AFC have the most scored goals (11) at home in Championship
  • Newry City AFC have the most scored goals (13) in Championship
  • Newry City AFC have the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
  • Newry City AFC have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Championship
Newry City AFC Last season Ards
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 16   Played P   15 31
15 7   Won W   7 15
6 2   Drew D   4 7
9 7   Lost L   4 9
55 32   Scored S   33 65
32 23   Conceded C   20 44
90% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
70% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 87%
60% 81%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 71%
33% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 45%
17% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 26%
53% 62%   BTTS BTTS   67% 65%
37% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 29%
20% 12%   Failed to Score F T   7% 10%
 
1.8 2.3   Corners for (avg) C F   1.9 2.2
1.7 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   1.4 1.2
0.5 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
3.5 4.1   Shots (avg) S (   4.8 5
1.5 1.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.2
137% 115%   Goal Efficiency G E   103% 104%

  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 4 4 0 0 13 3 3 3 0 0 11 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 12
2 Ards 4 4 0 0 10 3 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 7 12
3 Loughgall 4 3 0 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 9
4 Annagh United 4 2 1 1 12 7 2 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 5 7
5 H&W Welders 4 2 0 2 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 8 4 4 6
6 Ballyclare Comrades 4 2 0 2 9 9 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 6 0 6
7 Ballinamallard United 4 1 2 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 5
8 Dergview 4 1 1 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
9 Knockbreda 4 1 1 2 7 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 4 6 -3 4
10 Queen's University 4 1 0 3 2 11 2 0 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -9 3
11 Dundela 4 0 1 3 6 11 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
12 Institute 4 0 0 4 2 15 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 10 -13 0
Last season 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