Ballymena United U20 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 28 points behind Crusaders U20.
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.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
Ballymena United U20's results here in the Premiership Development League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, led his Ballymena United U20 to a defeat in the Premiership Development League match away at Institute U20. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. 0-0 away at Larne U20 before that.
Ballymena United U20 are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership Development League match at Dungannon Swifts U20 awaits in three days.
The Ballymena United U20 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Ballymena United U20 with 16 goals conceded in these matches.
Crusaders U20 form and stats
Crusaders U20's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Crusaders U20, who have the most scored goals (57) in Premiership Development League, collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Premiership Development League. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Ballymena United U20. It’s been three wins in a row for Crusaders U20 on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The supporters enjoyed Crusaders U20's previous game versus Dungannon Swifts U20 (placed 3rd), a Premiership Development League 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Coleraine U20 at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Crusaders U20 are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (30 goals from 8 away games). For Crusaders U20, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Crusaders U20 - Ballymena United U20 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Ballymena United U20 2 wins, 0 draws and Crusaders U20 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.Ballymena United U20 missing players
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| Ballymena United U20 | Crusaders U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | 57 |
| 34 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 62% | 33% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 56% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 27% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 7.5 | 6.6 | 12 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | 46 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 72 | 136 |
| 48 | 25 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 38 | 79 |
| 29% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | 33% |
- All of Ballymena United U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Crusaders U20's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ballymena United U20 has the most matches under the total-line (3)
- Ballymena United U20 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Ballymena United U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Crusaders U20 has the most clean sheets (3)
- Crusaders U20 has the most points (18) away
- Crusaders U20 has the most scored goals (30) away
- Crusaders U20 has the most scored goals (57)
- Crusaders U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crusaders U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Crusaders U20 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders U20 have scored more than double the goals of Ballymena United U20.
- Crusaders U20 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 | Crusaders U20 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 35 | 43 |
| 2 | Cliftonville U20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 40 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 36 | 30 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Coleraine U20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Glentoran U20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Ballymena United U20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 29 | -33 | 15 |
| 10 | Glenavon U20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 34 | -23 | 12 |
| 11 | Institute U20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 10 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | -31 | 8 |