Most people believe in Ballymena United in this game vs Dungannon Swifts, but the guests will fight to the end. Here's our match guide!
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (33) away in Premiership
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!
Ballymena United form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Ballymena United at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Ballymena bring valid hopes of a third.
The Ballymena United coach Jeffrey and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Carrick Rangers in the Irish Cup.
Ahead of that match, Ballymena United won a home game hosting Glentoran (2-0).A decent goal production from Ballymena in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Ballymena United have conceded 13 goals.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
There's been little loot from Dungannon Swifts's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 11 away games in the Premiership. Dungannon Swifts only have 0 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
The Dungannon Swifts goalkeeper Declan Dunne is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Dungannon's previous fixture versus Ards, a Irish Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Before that, Dungannon Swifts travelled to Portadown and returned home with a draw after the Premiership game finished 0-0.Look out: 14 of the last 18 league games involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dungannon's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ballymena United have pulled off a sequence of 8 consecutive games without losing (7-1-0) when facing Dungannon Swifts.The squads have played each other already this season, with the final score Dungannon Swifts - Ballymena 1-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 6 goals |  J. Knowles 4 goals | R. Campbell 4 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Ballymena United | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 29 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 33 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 85% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 77% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 45% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 55% | 36% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 30% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 64% | 59% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.5 | 6.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 47% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| 10.8 | 9.7 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.1 | 9.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dungannon Swifts have scored away.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (33) away in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Cliftonville | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 48 |
| 2 | Larne | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Linfield | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 5 |
