Cliftonville vs Ballymena United betting preview

Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Solitude (5442 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Cliftonville have their presumed home advantage while Ballymena United are ahead 14 points in the Premiership table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Ballymena United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Ballymena United when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from four matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 9 times in these games.

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Cliftonville form and stats

Cliftonville are steadily winning games and points here at Solitude. 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Ever since the Glenavon game Cliftonville has been unbeatable here at Solitude producing four straight wins.

Cliftonville's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Coleraine. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Cliftonville won a home game hosting Glentoran (2-1).

With an average of more than two goals per home game (37 in 17 games), Cliftonville's attacking play is working. Cliftonville's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ballymena United form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (74) in Premiership, are W10-D2-L5 on the road this term.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Linfield with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Warrenpoint Town.

Ballymena United have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 17 away matches. Ballymena United have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ballymena United - Cliftonville 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Cliftonville-Ballymena United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cliftonville 4 wins, Ballymena United 6 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Gormley
20 goals
R. Donnelly
14 goals
C. Friel
13 goals

Cliftonville missing players

Ballymena United missing players

Cliftonville Ballymena United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 18 Played 17 34
66 41 Scored 36 74
56 23 Conceded 24 43
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
88% 83% Over 1.5 88% 91%
68% 67% Over 2.5 76% 76%
44% 50% Over 3.5 47% 38%
29% 33% Over 4.5 24% 21%
74% 72% Both teams to score 65% 68%
18% 22% Clean Sheet 24% 21%
9% 6% Failed To Score 12% 12%
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Linfield 33 24 5 4 70 21 16 12 3 1 39 12 17 12 2 3 31 9 49 77
2 Ballymena United 33 21 5 7 74 42 16 11 3 2 38 18 17 10 2 5 36 24 32 68
3 Crusaders 33 20 4 9 65 44 16 11 2 3 33 20 17 9 2 6 32 24 21 64
4 Glenavon 33 17 9 7 60 40 17 9 4 4 32 20 16 8 5 3 28 20 20 60
5 Cliftonville 33 17 3 13 62 54 17 12 2 3 37 21 16 5 1 10 25 33 8 54
6 Coleraine 33 14 9 10 51 46 16 6 5 5 22 21 17 8 4 5 29 25 5 51
7 Glentoran 33 10 8 15 49 49 16 6 3 7 27 23 17 4 5 8 22 26 0 38
8 Institute 33 11 5 17 45 65 16 6 2 8 23 30 17 5 3 9 22 35 -20 38
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 9 15 37 56 17 7 4 6 20 27 16 2 5 9 17 29 -19 36
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 9 7 17 40 67 17 4 3 10 20 39 16 5 4 7 20 28 -27 34
11 Newry City 28 4 5 19 20 50 14 3 3 8 11 20 14 1 2 11 9 30 -30 17
11 Ards 33 4 7 22 27 58 17 3 4 10 17 26 16 1 3 12 10 32 -31 19
12 Newry City AFC 33 4 5 24 23 61 17 3 3 11 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 35 -38 17

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