Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Portadown & Ballinamallard United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Ballinamallard United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.
Portadown form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Irish League Cup for Portadown, as the manager M. Tipton led his troops to eliminate Newington Youth, and reach the 3rd Round. Portadown participated in Irish League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the Premiership for Portadown at their home stadium (Shamrock Park) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Game days at Shamrock Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Portadown as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
A strong away win for Portadown against Warrenpoint Town the last match, as L. Bonis, S. Teggart and S. McLeod were on target. A very satisfying win for Portadown against Warrenpoint Town last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through S. McLeod's goal in the 85th minute. The victory against Warrenpoint Town came after S. McLeod's winning goal. The Portadown manager M. Tipton was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 59th minute.
Preceding that match was the home Premiership game against Dungannon Swifts that was lost 1-4.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Ballymena United in only three days. This game is also played here at Shamrock Park.
Portadown have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Shamrock Park with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Portadown have allowed the opposition to score 11 goals here at Shamrock Park.
Ballinamallard United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dundela in order to reach 3rd round of Irish League Cup. Last season their Irish League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Ballinamallard played 0-0 against Institute in their previous match.
It was a Championship defeat before that one as the away game against Ards wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ballinamallard manager H. McConkey as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dundela.
The Ballinamallard manager H. McConkey has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. For Ballinamallard, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Portadown won five, Ballinamallard United were winners in four and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. McLeod 2 goals | L. Bonis 2 goals | R. Croskery 2 goals |
Portadown missing players
Ballinamallard United missing players
| Portadown | Ballinamallard United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 44% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 77% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Linfield | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Portadown | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ards | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Newry City AFC | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Ballyclare Comrades | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Annagh United | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Loughgall | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | H&W Welders | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Ballinamallard United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Knockbreda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Institute | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 13 |
| 10 | Dergview | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Dundela | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 5 |
| 12 | Queen's University | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -20 | 4 |