The football year has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, loss and gain giving mid-table places so far. Clear the decks for Ballymena United - Glentoran!
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ballymena United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Ballymena United have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 450 minutes without scoring a league goal. McDaid was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Jeffrey led his Ballymena United to a defeat away at Carrick Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Showgrounds.
In the match before that, Ballymena hosted Portadown and drew the game 0-0.It should be added that a glance at the 13 most recent league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Larne in only four days. This game is also played here at The Showgrounds.
Ballymena United has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Glentoran form and stats
Playing away, Glentoran have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Glentoran had fun at their own home (The Showgrounds) last time out, beating Linfield 3-0.
Before that, Glentoran travelled to Coleraine and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Glentoran have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These sides played each other earlier on this match year: Ballymena United - Glentoran 2-0. Ballymena United-Glentoran H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ballymena United two wins, Glentoran five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 10 goals | J. Donnelly 8 goals |  D. McDaid 7 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Ballymena United | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 49 |
| 37 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 77% | 77% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 68% |
| 46% | 46% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 46% | 56% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 23% | 32% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 8% | 12% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 31% | 28% |
| 35% | 46% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 54% | 56% |
| 46% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 6.3 | 7.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 32% | 40% |
| 10.1 | 8.8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Linfield | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 29 | 55 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 54 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 53 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 32 | 48 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -9 | 31 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -13 | 31 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -25 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 66 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 44 | -49 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 40 | -59 | 6 |
