4th position in the Premiership table for Cliftonville so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Ballymena United visits Solitude.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cliftonville and Ballymena United.
2-3-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ballymena United when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 8-12 (scored/conceded).
Cliftonville form and stats
As mentioned below, Cliftonville are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premiership games.
No payout for Cliftonville in their previous match, an away game at Larne that ended in defeat 0-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dungannon Swifts (1-2).
The defeat against Larne was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by J. Robinson).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Portadown in only four days. This game is also played here at Solitude.
Goals decide football matches and Cliftonville are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cliftonville have only let in 0 goals at home.
Ballymena United form and stats
Things could have gone better for Ballymena United in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Ballymena had fun at their own home (Solitude) last time out, beating Warrenpoint Town 2-0. P. McElroy and C. Friel scored. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Glenavon.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ballymena are hosting Carrick Rangers in the Premiership only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ballymena United has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cliftonville victories, two draws and four Ballymena United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Cliftonville missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Cliftonville | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 28 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 8 | 40 |
| 25 | 19 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 32% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premiership
- Cliftonville have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cliftonville haven’t 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Portadown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Glentoran | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |