With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Ballymena United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dungannon Swifts.
- Ballymena United has the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals (30) in Premiership
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Carrick Rangers.
Ballymena United form and stats
2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Ballymena United, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership, so far this season.
The Ballymena goalkeeper Jordan Williamson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
Ballymena are returning here after visiting Carrick Rangers in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. J. Winchester and P. McElroy scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Larne and winning 1-0.
There will be little rest for Ballymena after this match as they are travelling to Glenavon for a Premiership game in only four days.
The Ballymena United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
There's been little loot from Dungannon Swifts's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Premiership. Dungannon Swifts, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Premiership, only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. With the Dungannon losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. It's all red in the travel logs of Dungannon, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Dungannon play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Coleraine (placed 4th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cliftonville.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carrick Rangers in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dungannon's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. For Dungannon, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dungannon Swifts - Ballymena 1-5. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ballymena five wins, three draws and Dungannon Swifts two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 7 goals | S. McCartan 4 goals | K. Balmer 3 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Ballymena United | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 31% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 54% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 71% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 15% | 31% |
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United have scored more than double the goals of Dungannon Swifts.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals (30) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Larne | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Portadown | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 9 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -22 | 4 |