Let's look at this engrossing fixture in the Premiership Development League. Cliftonville U20 is in the 5th position from completing two fixtures. They receive Ballymena United U20 who are placed 7th from two games.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cliftonville and Ballymena United U20.
Cliftonville U20 form and stats
The first Premiership Development League game here resulted in a draw. Last season Cliftonville U20's home game statistics were 8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 16 games.
Cliftonville U20's last game was hosting Ballymena United U20 (placed 7th) and winning 2-1.
Before that match, a win away at Carrick Rangers U20.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cliftonville U20 at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premiership Development League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ballymena, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Cliftonville U20 (placed 5th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-5 defeat against Dungannon Swifts U20.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ballymena United U20 has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The 8 most recent meetings involving these opponents have all finished as Cliftonville U20 victories. Will history repeat itself?Cliftonville U20 missing players
Ballymena United U20 missing players
| Cliftonville U20 | Ballymena United U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 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% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 15.5 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 20 |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8.5 |
| Cliftonville U20 | Last season | Ballymena United U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 80 | 43 | Scored | S | 22 | 66 | ||
| 68 | 26 | Conceded | C | 34 | 59 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 85% | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 73% | ||
| 73% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 52% | ||
| 45% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 42% | ||
| 82% | 81% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 67% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 6.8 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | ||
| 11 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Coleraine U20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Linfield U20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Cliftonville U20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 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 |
