This is the Premiership Development League season opener for these sides, whom at last are playing for points again. Will Ballymena United U20 or Warrenpoint Town U20 get that highly important first win?
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
The season before, Ballymena United U20's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 18 losses, results that produced 11th spot in the Premiership Development League. From these 28 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 76. Performing as the home team in the last season Ballymena United U20 delivered 4-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 34 conceded.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dungannon Swifts U20 in only two days.
Warrenpoint Town U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Warrenpoint Town U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 2 draws and 23 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 82 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 9/43 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carrick Rangers U20 in just two days.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last five meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Ballymena United U20, one draw and one win for Warrenpoint Town U20. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Ballymena United U20 missing players
Warrenpoint Town U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Ballymena United U20 | Last season | Warrenpoint Town U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 11 | 23 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 76 | 34 | Conceded | C | 43 | 82 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 85% | ||
| 82% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 63% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 46% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 33% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 37% | ||
| 14% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 77% | 59% | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ballymena United U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Coleraine U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Crusaders U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Glenavon U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Larne U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Linfield U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portadown U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |