Coleraine and Ballymena United supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premiership season. Game on!
Coleraine form and stats
Coleraine have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Coleraine scored 5 goals and let in 6 goals during these three games.
Last season, Coleraine's league statistics were 19 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premiership. Over these 31 matches they scored 64 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season Coleraine managed 9-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 10 conceded.
Ballymena United form and stats
Just as the home team, Ballymena United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Ballymena wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Let's have a look at how Ballymena United performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 14/24 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Coleraine-Ballymena United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Coleraine four wins, Ballymena United two wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() J. McLaughlin 10 goals | ![]() B. Doherty 9 goals | ![]() C. Friel 8 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Coleraine | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Coleraine | Last season | Ballymena United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 64 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 54 | ||
| 94% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 87% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 26% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 39% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 61% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 10% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 297 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 200 | ||
| 144 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 78 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ballymena United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Glentoran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Larne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Linfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portadown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |