Crusaders U20 and Ballymena United U20 are both thriving in the Premiership Development League with their 1st and 2nd spots respectively. Let's hope for a fun fixture!
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premiership Development League
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.
Crusaders U20 form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Crusaders U20 have scored 28 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Premiership Development League are 8-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Crusaders U20 in their previous game, a fixture away at Glenavon U20 (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-0 victory.
Before that game, the home loss against Portadown U20 with the scoreline 0-1.Goals decide football matches and Crusaders U20 are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Crusaders U20 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership Development League.
Ballymena had fun at their own home last time out, beating Linfield U20 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Cliftonville U20's place.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ballymena United U20 have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away. Ballymena United U20 have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Crusaders U20 - Ballymena United U20 1-1. Crusaders U20-Ballymena United U20 H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Crusaders U20 three wins, Ballymena United U20 two wins, three draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Crusaders U20 missing players
Ballymena United U20 missing players
| Crusaders U20 | Ballymena United U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 52 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 55 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | 47 |
| 95% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 82% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 59% | 46% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 73% |
| 41% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 46% | 54% |
| 23% | 31% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 31% | 42% |
| 45% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | 65% |
| 50% | 46% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 9% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 12% |
| 7.1 | 7.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 11.9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 39% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 44% |
| 7.8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 10.2 | 8.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Ballymena United U20 have the most matches over the total-line (7) 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.
- Crusaders U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the most clean sheets (8) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have the the best goal difference (+35) in Premiership Development League
- Crusaders U20 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 26 | -3 | 37 |
| 5 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Larne U20 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 7 | Glenavon U20 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 31 |
| 8 | Glentoran U20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 36 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Portadown U20 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | -13 | 28 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 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 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 37 | -33 | 19 |
