Ballymena United will clash heads with Cliftonville in this Premiership match. All you can know about the game is located right here!
- Cliftonville have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
Cliftonville play their home games on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Relevant data for Cliftonville when playing on grass are 19 wins, 13 draws and 12 defeats from 44 matches. They have scored 63 goals and conceded 49 times in these fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ballymena United form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Ballymena United at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Ballymena United club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Showgrounds: A 1-2 defeat against Cliftonville (placed 5th). Up until that game this team had gone seven consecutive league matches without losing.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dungannon Swifts and winning 2-0.At The Showgrounds, Ballymena United has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Cliftonville form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cliftonville in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Cliftonville play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ballymena United (placed 6th).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Carrick Rangers.It's early days yet, but Cliftonville has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Ballymena United.This was the scoreline when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Ballymena United - Cliftonville 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Curran 3 goals |  C. Keeley 1 goals | J. Kelly 1 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Ballymena United | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 6 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 45% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 9 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Cliftonville have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
| Ballymena United | Last season | Cliftonville | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 32 | 61 | ||
| 52 | 21 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 45% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 47% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 40% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coleraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Larne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 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 | Glenavon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 53 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Portadown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 25 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
