Ballymena United oppose Glenavon for glory and football prosperity.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ballymena and Glenavon.
Ballymena United form and stats
Happy days for Ballymena in their previous game, a Irish League Cup match away at Annagh United that ended with a 4-2 victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Ballymena, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Annagh United. Fun stuff to watch!
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Glentoran (1-4).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ballymena United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.
Glenavon form and stats
Glenavon are still undefeated on their travels in the Premiership. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The supporters enjoyed Glenavon's previous game versus Portstewart, a Irish League Cup 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Glenavon was the only team on the pitch versus Portstewart in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Carrick Rangers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Glenavon in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Glenavon, zero draws and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Glenavon has managed 7 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Ballymena United won five, Glenavon triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fitzpatrick 2 goals | A. Waterworth 2 goals |  L. Millar 1 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Ballymena United | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Ballymena United | Last season | Glenavon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 67 | 34 | Scored | S | 36 | 73 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Conceded | C | 38 | 67 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 67% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 58% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 79% | ||
| 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 8 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | Glenavon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 62 |
| 2 | Ballymena United | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 61 |
| 3 | Portadown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 36 |
| 4 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 36 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 23 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 17 |