A total of 20 league matches are played and Ballymena United are 16 points on top of Portadown. What happens?
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premiership
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
Ballymena United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Ballymena United have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at The Showgrounds after three straight home wins.
The Ballymena supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Coleraine in Premiership and win 2-1.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Linfield.Ballymena has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Portadown form and stats
There's been little loot from Portadown's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Premiership. Portadown only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Portadown failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Glenavon (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Warrenpoint Town.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Portadown have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met before this season: Portadown - Ballymena 0-1. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Ballymena United won eight, Portadown triumphed in one and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 6 goals | K. Kane 4 goals |  M. Ruddy 3 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Portadown missing players
| Ballymena United | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 15% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 10% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 40% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 5.6 | 7.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portadown have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premiership
- Portadown have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Premiership
- Portadown 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 | Linfield | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 4 | Larne | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -26 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -30 | 8 |
