Glentoran U20 have journeyed here for an action-packed fight against the hosting Ballymena United U20. Read up on the match with this thorough Premiership Development League preview!
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
Only two Premiership Development League home games for Ballymena United U20 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Ballymena crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Linfield U20 here in a Premiership Development League match.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dungannon Swifts U20 and winning 4-1.Glentoran U20 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership Development League ended in defeat. Last season Glentoran U20 had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 9, drew 1 and lost 6.
Glentoran had fun at their own home last time out, beating Cliftonville U20 6-1. As mentioned above, Glentoran was the only team on the pitch versus Cliftonville U20 in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Linfield U20 wasn't a success with a 0-6 loss.A new game in only three days for Glentoran, the Premiership Development League home match versus Warrenpoint Town U20. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between these contenders: Ballymena won one, Glentoran U20 were winners in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Ballymena United U20 missing players
Glentoran U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Glentoran U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Ballymena United U20 | Last season | Glentoran U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 41 | 63 | ||
| 76 | 34 | Conceded | C | 27 | 49 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 46% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 46% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | ||
| 14% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 23% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 8% | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Larne U20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ballymena United U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Glentoran U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Cliftonville U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 3 |
| 9 | Portadown U20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Glenavon U20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
| 12 | Coleraine U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Cliftonville U20 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 66 | 70 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 78 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 41 | 66 |
| 3 | Linfield U20 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 60 | 63 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 52 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Glentoran U20 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | Glenavon U20 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 68 | 69 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 40 | -1 | 39 |
| 7 | Coleraine U20 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 84 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 43 | -47 | 27 |
| 10 | Institute U20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 76 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -43 | 24 |
| 11 | Ballymena United U20 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 42 | -32 | 22 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 43 | -64 | 11 |