The two sides are happy with a nice season so far and occasions like this could be influential. Read up on Cliftonville U20 - Ballymena United U20!
- Cliftonville U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ballymena United U20 have the most scored goals in the first half (23) 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.
Cliftonville U20 form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership Development League numbers at home for Cliftonville U20 so far this season. Cliftonville U20 has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The followers are hoping that Cliftonville U20 will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-5 away loss in the game against Linfield U20 (placed 7th).
Before that match, a win away at Glentoran U20.Cliftonville are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 26 goals in 9 matches. On the other hand, Cliftonville U20 have conceded 13 goals.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership Development League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The followers enjoyed Ballymena United U20's previous game versus Linfield U20 (placed 7th), a 3-1 win played at home.
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Carrick Rangers U20.Ballymena United U20 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Ballymena United U20's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the participants met previously this season; Ballymena United U20 - Cliftonville U20 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Cliftonville U20 seven wins, zero draws and Ballymena United U20 zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Cliftonville U20 missing players
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| Cliftonville U20 | Ballymena United U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 52 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 54 |
| 45 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 88% |
| 86% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 72% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 52% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 40% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 19% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 7.1 | 8.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 44% |
| 10.6 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Ballymena United U20 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cliftonville U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Larne U20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 32 |
| 6 | Glenavon U20 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 31 |
| 7 | Linfield U20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Portadown U20 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | -15 | 25 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 39 | -19 | 20 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 35 | -37 | 16 |
