The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Ballymena United are in the 7th position while the guesting Portadown worry at 10th.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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 are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Portadown most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United's results here at The Showgrounds in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Ballymena have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Happy days for Ballymena in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Glentoran (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Nobody expected Ballymena to beat Glentoran in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Larne.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ballymena United home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in zero wins, one draw and two defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ballymena as they are travelling to their away game against Warrenpoint Town in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Ballymena are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Ballymena United have conceded 14 goals.
Portadown form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portadown so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Portadown in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Glenavon, 1-2. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Glenavon.
You'll want to know how Portadown managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
Portadown find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The Portadown manager M. Tipton has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Portadown - Ballymena 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ballymena United six wins, two draws and Portadown two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 7 goals | S. McCartan 7 goals |  L. Bonis 6 goals |
Ballymena United missing players
Portadown missing players
| Ballymena United | Portadown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 24 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | 45 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 77% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 71% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 38% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 36% | 24% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 62% |
| 36% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 23% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 31% | 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 48% | 40% |
- All of Portadown's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portadown have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Larne | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Portadown | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 15 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -32 | 12 |