Coleraine are ready for a new task after their 2-0 against Crusaders last time out. Ballymena United are coming to town!
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Coleraine form and stats
5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Coleraine so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Coleraine after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Coleraine goalkeeper Gareth Deane is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 526 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
The Coleraine supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Crusaders and win 2-0. It's uncommon, but the exact score 2-0 has repeated itself three times in a row.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dungannon Swifts.It should be considered that a look at the 15 latest league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
A decent goal production from Coleraine in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches.
Ballymena United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Ballymena play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Portadown (placed 12th).
Before that, Ballymena United secured a home win against Cliftonville with the score 4-1.Ballymena United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As for defending, Ballymena United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported history between these participants is the Ballymena United - Coleraine 2-1 played previously this season. Last ten meetings with these teams: Coleraine won five, Ballymena United triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 12 goals |  D. McDaid 6 goals | J. Glackin 3 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Coleraine | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| 84% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 26% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 8.2 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 40% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 44% |
| 7.9 | 8.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coleraine have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
- Coleraine have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Linfield | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | -45 | 4 |
