Ballymena United will hope that their home support is enough to get all three points from this demanding duel, vs passionate Larne.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Ballymena United and Larne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ballymena United form and stats
The Premiership results at home this season for Ballymena United are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Ballymena goalkeeper Jordan Williamson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 257 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
Ballymena United's last game was hosting Cliftonville (placed 1st) and winning 1-0.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Portadown with a 1-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for Ballymena after this match as they are travelling to Linfield for a Premiership game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Ballymena United in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Larne form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Larne playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Larne played 1-1 against Linfield in their previous match. As mentioned above, Larne drew the match against Linfield. Manager T. Lynch brought on N. Nasseri to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cliftonville's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Larne are hosting Glentoran in the Premiership only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Larne's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Larne have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Ballymena wins - draws - Larne wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Lynch 5 goals | D. McDaid 3 goals |  L. Millar 2 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Larne missing players
| Ballymena United | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.4 | 8.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.4 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 38% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | 33% |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Linfield | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Larne | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -18 | 3 |