Another action-packed fixture in Premiership as Ballymena United welcome Cliftonville

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (4390 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Ballymena United have their presumed home advantage while Cliftonville are ahead 5 points in the Premiership table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cliftonville have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 19-5-17 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.

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Ballymena United form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Ballymena United at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Ballymena United lost their last game at Glenavon (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Ballymena United lost 0-1 at home to Rangers U21.

The Ballymena United manager D. Jeffrey has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. 3 goals have been conceded.

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Cliftonville form and stats

As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Cliftonville, who have the most points (10) away in Premiership, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-0 so far. Having won their last three away games Cliftonville has no reason to fear anyone.

Cliftonville are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premiership against Institute (placed 11th). Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Dungannon Swifts.

Cliftonville are a potent attacking force on the road with their 11 goals in 4 league games. The Cliftonville defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena United won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Cliftonville has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

J. Gormley
6 goals
C. Friel
5 goals
A. McGrory
3 goals

Ballymena United missing players

Cliftonville missing players

Ballymena United Cliftonville
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 4 8
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 5
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
14 6 2 Scored S 4 11 15
10 3 3 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
71% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
57% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
71% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 38%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
2.8 1.5 1 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.7 4
5.5 6 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.3 3.4
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Ballymena United's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Ballymena United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ballymena United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cliftonville have not yet lost a game away.
  • Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cliftonville have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Ballymena United
All Irish League Cup Premiership Europa League Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PR Carrick Rangers 0 - 1 Ballymena United
07-09-19 PR Ballymena United 4 - 0 Warrenpoint Town
14-09-19 PR Ballymena United 1 - 1 Coleraine
18-09-19 CC Ballymena United 0 - 1 Rangers U21
21-09-19 PR Glenavon 3 - 1 Ballymena United
28-09-19 PR Ballymena United 14:00 Cliftonville
05-10-19 PR Institute 14:00 Ballymena United
08-10-19 ILC Ballymena United 18:45 Dollingstown
12-10-19 PR Ballymena United 14:00 Crusaders
19-10-19 PR Linfield 14:00 Ballymena United
Cliftonville
All Irish League Cup Premiership Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-08-19 ILC Moyola Park 1 - 3 Cliftonville
31-08-19 PR Warrenpoint Town 1 - 5 Cliftonville
07-09-19 PR Cliftonville 0 - 1 Linfield
14-09-19 PR Dungannon Swifts 0 - 4 Cliftonville
21-09-19 PR Cliftonville 1 - 0 Institute
28-09-19 PR Ballymena United 14:00 Cliftonville
04-10-19 PR Glentoran 18:45 Cliftonville
08-10-19 ILC Cliftonville 18:45 Bangor
12-10-19 PR Cliftonville 14:00 Larne
19-10-19 PR Institute 14:00 Cliftonville

  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 8 6 1 1 25 8 5 4 1 0 15 4 3 2 0 1 10 4 17 19
2 Coleraine 8 4 4 0 21 8 4 2 2 0 10 3 4 2 2 0 11 5 13 16
3 Cliftonville 8 5 1 2 15 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 3 1 0 11 2 9 16
4 Glentoran 8 4 2 2 14 10 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 14
5 Linfield 5 4 0 1 10 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 12
6 Larne 7 3 2 2 17 10 3 1 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 9 6 7 11
7 Ballymena United 7 3 2 2 14 10 3 1 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 11
8 Dungannon Swifts 8 3 2 3 10 18 4 2 1 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 3 10 -8 11
9 Glenavon 7 2 1 4 10 14 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 0 0 3 4 8 -4 7
10 Carrick Rangers 7 2 0 5 6 10 4 0 0 4 1 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 -4 6
11 Institute 8 0 1 7 4 23 4 0 0 4 3 15 4 0 1 3 1 8 -19 1
12 Warrenpoint Town 7 0 0 7 2 26 2 0 0 2 1 8 5 0 0 5 1 18 -24 0

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