The Larne U20 & Ballymena United U20 bosses are both anxious about and eagerly anticipating this very important game in the higher part of the Premiership Development League positions.
- Larne U20 have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premiership Development League
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's aim for an animated match!
Larne U20 form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Larne U20 have to build on here in the Premiership Development League.
A good away victory last time out for Larne U20, who won 2-1 against Linfield U20 (placed 5th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Cliftonville U20 (0-1).Larne has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Larne have conceded 5 goals.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ballymena United U20 in their Premiership Development League matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Ballymena as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premiership Development League match against Cliftonville U20 (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Cliftonville U20 was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Portadown U20.Ballymena are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Ballymena have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior three meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Larne, two draws and zero wins for Ballymena United U20. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Larne U20 missing players
Ballymena United U20 missing players
| Larne U20 | Ballymena United U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 70% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 30% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 12.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| 33% | 21% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 44% |
- Ballymena United U20 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ballymena United U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballymena United U20 have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premiership Development League
- Ballymena United U20 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Larne U20 have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premiership Development League
- Larne U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Larne 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 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Ballymena United U20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Cliftonville U20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Larne U20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Glentoran U20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Portadown U20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Coleraine U20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 7 |