Crusaders and Ballymena United have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. The teams both have mid-table places in the Premiership.
- Crusaders have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premiership
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Crusaders nor Ballymena United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Crusaders form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Crusaders have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Seaview.
No payout for Crusaders in their previous match, an away game at Linfield that ended in defeat 2-3.
Before that, Crusaders had a home game versus Coleraine which ended with a victory 1-0.Crusaders are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Crusaders, as the Premiership home game vs Warrenpoint Town is only four days away.
Crusaders has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 4-1-10 (15 played).
Ballymena United are looking to quickly end their 233 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ballymena United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Portadown (placed 11th).
A loss against Linfield was the result prior to that, in a home game.You'll want to know how Ballymena managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eleven similar matches resulting in five away wins, zero draws and six home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Glentoran in just four days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Ballymena United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent match: Ballymena United - Crusaders 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Crusaders victories, one draw and three Ballymena United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 11 goals |  P. McElroy 8 goals | P. Heatley 6 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Crusaders | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 39 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 33 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 42 |
| 90% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 57% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 63% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 33% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 37% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 8.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 34% | 36% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 35% |
| 7 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | Linfield | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 34 | 68 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 25 | 64 |
| 4 | Larne | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 52 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 52 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 45 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -9 | 40 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 38 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -33 | 28 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 24 |
| 11 | Portadown | 31 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | -35 | 21 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -39 | 12 |
