Ballymena United U20 prepare to contest Linfield U20 in this Premiership Development League match. All you need to learn about the fixture is found right here!
- Linfield U20 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premiership Development League
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
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.
Ballymena's last game was hosting Larne U20 (placed 10th) and winning 3-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Cliftonville U20.Ballymena United U20 has the goal stats of 5-6 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Linfield U20 form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership Development League so far for Linfield U20 and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 1 draw and 8 losses from 16 travels.
Linfield U20 have lots to remedy after their unpredictable defeat (0-2) to Carrick Rangers U20 in their previous outing, played at their own home ground. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Newry City U20.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Linfield manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Larne U20.
7 goals so far away for Linfield U20, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last nine meetings): Ballymena United U20 won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Linfield U20 managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / one.
Ballymena United U20 missing players
Linfield U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Linfield U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 2.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 28 | 22.7 |
| 8.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 13 | 9.7 |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 38% |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3 | 7.3 |
| 7 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Linfield U20 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premiership Development League
- Linfield U20 have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premiership Development League
| Ballymena United U20 | Last season | Linfield U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 66 | 44 | Scored | S | 26 | 68 | ||
| 59 | 25 | Conceded | C | 33 | 70 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 79% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 45% | ||
| 42% | 56% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 39% | ||
| 67% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 70% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 15% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coleraine U20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Cliftonville U20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | Ballymena United U20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Glentoran U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 10 | Larne U20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 11 | Newry City U20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 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 |
