Premiership match preview: Ballymena United versus Warrenpoint Town

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Tue 25.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Showgrounds (6000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Ballymena United in this game against Warrenpoint Town, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Ballymena United and Warrenpoint Town 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

6-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Ballymena United so far this season.

It's back home for Ballymena, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dungannon Swifts away with the result 3-1. T. Hume, L. Millar and C. Keeley found the net in that victory.

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Carrick Rangers.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ballymena, as the Premiership home game vs Portadown is only four days away.

Ballymena has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Ballymena have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Warrenpoint Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Warrenpoint Town's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Premiership. Warrenpoint Town only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

Warrenpoint Town lost away at Glenavon (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Glenavon was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Dungannon Swifts with the score of 1-0.

After this away game Warrenpoint return home for a Premiership game against Carrick Rangers. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Warrenpoint Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. The Warrenpoint manager B. Gray has some worries about the defense as 36 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: Warrenpoint Town - Ballymena 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Warrenpoint Town has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

BallymenaS. McCartan
S. McCartan
16 goals
Ballymena UnitedP. McElroy
P. McElroy
11 goals
Warrenpoint TownA. O'Sullivan
A. O'Sullivan
7 goals

Ballymena United missing players

Warrenpoint Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ballymena United Warrenpoint Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 20 36
16 7 4 Won W 1 6 8
7 4 0 Drew D 1 3 9
13 7 1 Lost L 4 11 19
60 27 11 Scored S 3 16 35
42 23 3 Conceded C 15 41 70
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 94%
83% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 85% 86%
53% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 56%
31% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 31%
14% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 15% 17%
58% 61% 40% BTTS BTTS 17% 30% 50%
28% 17% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 17%
17% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
8.8 8.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 4.8 5.6 7.2
4.7 4.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 3.2
36% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 31%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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 33 22 4 7 76 34 17 14 2 1 49 9 16 8 2 6 27 25 42 70
2 Glentoran 33 18 9 6 61 29 16 11 4 1 35 11 17 7 5 5 26 18 32 63
3 Coleraine 33 18 8 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 24 13 16 8 4 4 26 19 18 62
4 Cliftonville 33 16 8 9 55 35 17 12 2 3 37 17 16 4 6 6 18 18 20 56
5 Larne 33 15 10 8 56 35 17 9 5 3 30 14 16 6 5 5 26 21 21 55
6 Crusaders 33 16 5 12 59 40 16 9 2 5 33 18 17 7 3 7 26 22 19 53
7 Glenavon 33 14 10 9 56 57 16 6 7 3 28 27 17 8 3 6 28 30 -1 52
8 Ballymena United 33 13 7 13 50 40 17 6 4 7 24 22 16 7 3 6 26 18 10 46
9 Portadown 33 8 6 19 40 65 17 4 3 10 19 26 16 4 3 9 21 39 -25 30
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 6 9 18 32 65 16 2 6 8 19 29 17 4 3 10 13 36 -33 27
11 Carrick Rangers 33 4 8 21 28 77 16 2 5 9 20 33 17 2 3 12 8 44 -49 20
12 Dungannon Swifts 33 4 4 25 18 72 16 3 0 13 11 33 17 1 4 12 7 39 -54 16

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