The Premiership season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Ballymena United and Glenavon promises to be an interesting one.
It's no vacation for neither Ballymena nor Glenavon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United have less points than they have played home games in the Premiership so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Ballymena to get some points in this home game. Ballymena are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Showgrounds, having lost their two previous games here.
The Ballymena crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Crusaders here at The Showgrounds in a Premiership match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Larne.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ballymena as they are travelling to their away game against Cliftonville in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Ballymena United's 2 home games: 3 goals, 7 conceded.
Glenavon form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premiership away game of the season. During their previous season 16 away games resulted in 3 wins, 0 draws and 13 defeats. Glenavon have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Glenavon's last game was the home draw against Coleraine (4-4). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Dungannon Swifts.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Coleraine. Glenavon were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 4-4, with M. Fitzpatrick scoring the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Glenavon, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A new game in only four days for Glenavon, the Premiership home match versus Carrick Rangers. Busy days.
1 goal so far away for Glenavon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena won five games, one match ended with a draw and Glenavon has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoBallymena United missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Ballymena United | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 6 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 58% |
- Ballymena United has the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premiership
- Glenavon has the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
| Ballymena United | Last season | Glenavon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 13 | 16 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Conceded | C | 51 | 71 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 87% | ||
| 55% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 88% | 77% | ||
| 26% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 58% | ||
| 13% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 23% | ||
| 61% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 61% | ||
| 10% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 16% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 200 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 249 | ||
| 78 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 112 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Larne | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Portadown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Glentoran | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |