Ballymena United U20 battle against Larne U20 for prestige and football prosperity.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
Ballymena United U20's first Premiership Development League home game here ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 16 matches.
No payout for Ballymena United U20 in their previous match, an away game at Cliftonville U20 that ended in defeat 1-3.
Before that game, the home loss against Dungannon Swifts U20 with the scoreline 2-5.Early season league goal statistics from Ballymena United U20's 1 home game: 2 goals, 5 conceded.
Larne U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Larne U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 20/36 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premiership Development League ended in defeat. Last season Larne U20 had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 5, drew 3 and lost 9.
There might be some fixture complaints from Larne U20 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against Glentoran U20.
Prior to that match, the Larne manager faced defeat when travelling to Ballymena United U20 and losing 1-4.0 goals so far away for Larne U20, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ballymena United U20 one win, four draws and Larne U20 one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Ballymena United U20 missing players
Larne U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Larne U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22 | 28 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 9.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ballymena United U20 | Last season | Larne U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 66 | 44 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 59 | 25 | Conceded | C | 36 | 59 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 30% | ||
| 42% | 56% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 67% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 67% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 21% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coleraine U20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 5 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Glenavon U20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ballymena United U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Larne U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Newry City U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown U20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -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 | Crusaders U20 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Cliftonville U20 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 68 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 42 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | Ballymena United U20 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 53 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 59 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 70 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 33 | -2 | 51 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 43 | -8 | 45 |
| 7 | Portadown U20 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 44 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 80 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Glentoran U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 70 | 76 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 48 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 40 |
| 11 | Larne U20 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 50 | -33 | 31 |
