Ballymena United want to have lots of fans in for this match even though the season has been strenuous up to now with 13 points and a 9th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Crusaders are in 6th place with 25 pts.
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
The visiting Crusaders played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match. That game, against Dungannon Swifts, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Crusaders.
Ballymena United form and stats
The overall Premiership results playing at home this season for Ballymena United are 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Ballymena, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
K. Kane was the last player to score a league goal for Ballymena United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ballymena United haven't scored in 236 minutes.
The Ballymena crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Carrick Rangers here at The Showgrounds in a Premiership match.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Glentoran (0-4).Ballymena are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Warrenpoint Town awaits in three days.
The Ballymena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ballymena defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 5-0-2 from 7 games. Crusaders has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Crusaders play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Dungannon Swifts (placed 10th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Glentoran.A new game in only three days for Crusaders, the Premiership home match versus Portadown. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Crusaders's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier on this season: Ballymena - Crusaders 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ballymena victories, one draw and seven Crusaders wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 5 goals | P. Heatley 4 goals | A. Lecky 4 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Ballymena United | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 23% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.4 | 7.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 34% |
| 9.6 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Crusaders 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 | Cliftonville | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Larne | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Linfield | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 13 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
| 11 | Portadown | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 7 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -26 | 3 |