2nd position in the Premiership table for Ballymena United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Coleraine visits.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Ballymena United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Ballymena United, who have the most scored goals (74) in Premiership, have scored 38 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Ballymena United, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.The home team returns to venue after sharing the points with Cliftonville on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Linfield (0-1).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ballymena United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Ballymena United as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Glenavon are visiting.
The Ballymena United manager D. Jeffrey has got the team scoring with 38 from 16 home games. Ballymena United have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Coleraine form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.Coleraine are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Glenavon. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cliftonville wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Coleraine when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 48 matches with the visitors losing 10 times, drawing 15 and winning 23 games.
After this away game Coleraine return home for a Premiership game against Crusaders. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Coleraine has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 29 goals from 17 games. 25 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Coleraine - Ballymena United 0-4 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Ballymena United, 5 draws and 3 wins for Coleraine.Top Goalscorers
  C. Friel 13 goals |  A. Lecky 10 goals |  A. McGrory 9 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Ballymena United | Coleraine | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | Played | 19 | 35 |
| 75 | 38 | Scored | 32 | 54 |
| 44 | 19 | Conceded | 30 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 95% | 94% |
| 91% | 94% | Over 1.5 | 84% | 80% |
| 74% | 76% | Over 2.5 | 68% | 63% |
| 37% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 37% | 34% |
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | 26% | 20% |
| 69% | 71% | Both teams to score | 68% | 63% |
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheet | 21% | 26% |
| 11% | 12% | Failed To Score | 16% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 4 |
- Ballymena United hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Coleraine is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Ballymena United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 49 | 77 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 74 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 68 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 33 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 64 |
| 4 | Glenavon | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 33 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 54 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 54 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Institute | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 45 | 65 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -20 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 36 |
| 10 | Warrenpoint Town | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -27 | 34 |
| 11 | Newry City | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 30 | -30 | 17 |
| 11 | Ards | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 32 | -31 | 19 |
| 12 | Newry City AFC | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | -38 | 17 |
