Ballymena United U20 have performed excellent football this season, sitting at 2nd place in the table. Linfield U20 have a view both up and down from the 6th spot.
- Ballymena United U20 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Premiership Development League
- Linfield U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 have performed here this season with 7 wins from 11 Premiership Development League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3.
Ballymena United U20 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Portadown U20's place. The match ended 3-2.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Coleraine U20.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ballymena as they are travelling to their away game against Warrenpoint Town U20 in the Premiership Development League. That match is three days after this one.
Ballymena United U20 are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ballymena United U20 defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Linfield U20 form and stats
5 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Linfield U20 playing as the away team in the Premiership Development League this season. Linfield have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Linfield U20 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dungannon Swifts U20 proved too strong as Linfield U20 slumped to a 1-6 defeat in front of their own fans. Linfield U20 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Glentoran U20 with the score of 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership Development League trip to Glenavon U20.
Linfield U20 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. For Linfield U20, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head meeting ended Ballymena United U20 - Linfield U20 2-3, played this season. Previous seven meetings between these contenders: Ballymena won zero, Linfield U20 triumphed in seven and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Ballymena United U20 missing players
Linfield U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Linfield U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 43 | 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 35 | 19 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 38 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 48% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 43% | 55% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 62% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 65% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 14% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 12% |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 12.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 41% | 48% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 7 | 5.5 |
- Ballymena United U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United U20 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ballymena United U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Linfield U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linfield U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders U20 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Larne U20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | Glenavon U20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 28 |
| 6 | Linfield U20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 25 |
| 7 | Glentoran U20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Coleraine U20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 22 |
| 10 | Portadown U20 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 30 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -17 | 16 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 32 | -32 | 13 |
