Ballymena United fights Linfield in Premiership battle

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (6000 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premiership game of the season. Ballymena United look forward to welcoming Linfield in front of their home support.

Ballymena United and Linfield 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.

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Ballymena United form and stats

Preceding that match was the home game against Coleraine that was lost 0-2.

Last season, Ballymena United's league statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Premiership. Over these 31 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Ballymena United managed 4-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 30 conceded.

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Linfield form and stats

The game before that, in the Europa League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Floriana.

As you can tell from the results above, Linfield was very dominant against Carrick Rangers, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with J. Callacher, R. McGivern and A. Waterworth (3) providing the goals. A. Waterworth certainly enjoyed Linfield's last game versus Carrick Rangers, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory.

Let's have a look at how Linfield performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 71 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 27/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena United won one game, one match ended with a draw and Linfield has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Ballymena United missing players

Linfield missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ballymena United Linfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 17
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 9
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 56%
Ballymena United Last season Linfield
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   16 31
7 4   Won W   10 22
6 3   Drew D   1 3
18 9   Lost L   5 6
34 20   Scored S   27 71
54 30   Conceded C   15 24
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
87% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 74%
55% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 58%
26% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 29%
13% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 19%
61% 69%   BTTS BTTS   44% 42%
10% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 45%
29% 25%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
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   1.4 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
200 92   Total Shots T S   113 301
78 39   Shots on Target S O   45 127
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 48%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Larne 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Portadown 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
4 Ballymena United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Crusaders 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Glentoran 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Warrenpoint Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Glenavon 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 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

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Larne 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Portadown 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
4 Ballymena United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Cliftonville 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Crusaders 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Coleraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Glentoran 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
9 Warrenpoint Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Glenavon 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 Carrick Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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