The Ballymena United manager D. Jeffrey attacks this game with the team placed 11th so far. In the visitors dressing room Warrenpoint Town and their manager B. Gray are in 7th place before this match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ballymena United form and stats
Three Premiership home games done for Ballymena United, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. It's trouble wherever Ballymena are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Ballymena having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Jeffrey.
The Ballymena United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Glenavon here at The Showgrounds in a Premiership match. Preceding that match was the home game against Crusaders that was lost 1-4.
Ballymena has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Ballymena United have allowed the opposition to score 9 goals here at The Showgrounds. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Ballymena have let the opposition score 9 times, an average of more than three per game.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
Things could have gone better for Warrenpoint Town in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
There were no winners in Warrenpoint Town's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs Larne (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, the Warrenpoint manager B. Gray faced defeat when travelling to Cliftonville and losing 0-3.
Warrenpoint Town have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ballymena five wins, one draw and Warrenpoint Town four victories. As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Ballymena United missing players
Warrenpoint Town missing players
| Ballymena United | Warrenpoint Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 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 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | 23 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 45 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 19% |
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Warrenpoint Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United has the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballymena United have lost all their home matches so far.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Warrenpoint Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Ballymena United | Last season | Warrenpoint Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 12 | 23 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Conceded | C | 45 | 85 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 87% | ||
| 55% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 74% | ||
| 26% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 13% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 61% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 45% | ||
| 10% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 3% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 200 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 153 | ||
| 78 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 67 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Larne | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Portadown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Ballymena United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Glentoran | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |