4th position in the Premiership table for Ballymena United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Cliftonville visits The Showgrounds.
- Ballymena United has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Cliftonville's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cliftonville have performed like this: Played 41 matches resulting in 15 wins, 6 draws and 20 defeats with the goal stats 52-61 (scored/conceded).
Ballymena United form and stats
2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Ballymena United so far this season.
It's back home for Ballymena United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Larne away with the result 1-0. K. Balmer found the net in that victory. Nobody expected Ballymena to beat Larne in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Before that, Ballymena United drew at home versus Glentoran.
The Ballymena United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Cliftonville form and stats
There's been little loot from Cliftonville's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. Cliftonville only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dungannon Swifts at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cliftonville as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Cliftonville have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ballymena and Cliftonville have met before this season: Cliftonville - Ballymena United 0-4. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Cliftonville has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 6 goals | S. McCartan 4 goals | K. Balmer 3 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Ballymena United | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 77% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 36% |
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cliftonville 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 | Linfield | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Larne | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 4 |