Ballymena United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Larne.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
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 Larne.
Ballymena United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Larne is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Ballymena United form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Ballymena United are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ballymena, who played 1-1 against Cliftonville. That match was also played at this venue (The Showgrounds). Before that match, a win away at Portadown.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ballymena as they are travelling to their away game against Glentoran in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
The Ballymena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Ballymena have conceded 13 goals.
Larne form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Larne have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far. Recent form does not give Larne much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ballymena United will be a tough nut to crack. Larne seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Larne might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Crusaders proved too strong as Larne slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Inver Park. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Linfield's place.
Larne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Larne - Ballymena United 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Ballymena United, zero draws and four wins for Larne. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 7 goals | S. McCartan 7 goals |  D. McDaid 7 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Larne missing players
| Ballymena United | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| 23 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 95% |
| 75% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 81% |
| 40% | 22% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 20% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 15% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 10% |
| 45% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 57% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 39% |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -31 | 12 |