Ballymena United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Coleraine.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Coleraine is in the best form (4-2-0)
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
Ballymena United's results here at The Showgrounds in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Ballymena United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Glenavon. Preceding that match was the home game against Dungannon Swifts that was lost 0-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Ballymena as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Crusaders are visiting.
The Ballymena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Coleraine form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Coleraine love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Coleraine's last game was the home draw against Portadown (1-1). A draw for Coleraine before that, at their own venue hosting Cliftonville (2-2).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Coleraine manager O. Kearney as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Linfield.
The travelling fans enjoy Coleraine's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ballymena and Coleraine have met before this season: Coleraine - Ballymena United 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ballymena victories, three draws and four Coleraine wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 7 goals |  B. Doherty 7 goals | J. McLaughlin 5 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Ballymena United | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 16 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 12% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 6% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 44% |
| 47% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 8.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 39% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 52% | 34% |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coleraine is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Larne | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Portadown | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 11 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 11 |