Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ballyclare Comrades & Queen's University face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Ballyclare Comrades form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.6 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Ballyclare Comrades have to build on here at Dixon Park in the Championship.
Ballyclare are returning here after visiting Knockbreda in a Championship game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a Championship win away at Knockbreda.Ballyclare have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dixon Park with 30 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Ballyclare have conceded 17 goals.
Queen's University form and stats
Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Queen's University so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-12 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Queen's as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the PSNI match.
Queen's lost away at Dergview (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, the Queen's University manager P. Thompson faced defeat when travelling to Dergview and losing 2-3.Queen's have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Queen's have conceded 37 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Ballyclare Comrades three wins, zero draws and Queen's University zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Ballyclare Comrades missing players
Queen's University missing players
| Ballyclare Comrades | Queen's University | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 30 | 54 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 1.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 62% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 129% | ||
| 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 |