It's only three sleeps since Ballymena United fought Carrick Rangers and the scoreline was 0-3. What will happen vs Cliftonville?
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This ground has the surface grass, unlike Cliftonville's home ground. The latest 43 games by the guests on grass have ended with 16 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses.
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 Ballymena United and Cliftonville.
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Showgrounds. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games. After failing to beat Carrick Rangers here at The Showgrounds, Ballymena has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
No payout for Ballymena United in their previous match, an away game at Carrick Rangers that ended in defeat 0-3.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Warrenpoint Town.The Ballymena United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches.
Cliftonville form and stats
4-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cliftonville in their Premiership matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cliftonville, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Cliftonville's last game was the home draw against Linfield (2-2).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Larne at their stadium, the result 1-0.Cliftonville have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the contenders met previously this season; Cliftonville - Ballymena United 1-0. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Ballymena United, three draws and four wins for Cliftonville. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Curran 9 goals | J. Gormley 8 goals |  P. McElroy 6 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Ballymena United | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| 33 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 71% |
| 50% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 42% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 50% |
| 29% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 27% | 38% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 7.9 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.9 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 42% |
| 9.4 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
- Ballymena United 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 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Larne | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 41 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 34 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -29 | 22 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 20 |
| 11 | Portadown | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -36 | 8 |
