10th- against 8th place might not feel all that hot. Fear not: Here's the intelligence that makes Dungannon Swifts - Ballymena United (even) more interesting!
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (46) in Premiership
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Ballymena United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Irish League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Cliftonville, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ballymena United.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Dungannon Swifts, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Dungannon, their manager Shiels and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
No payout for Dungannon in their previous match, an away game at Crusaders that ended in defeat 0-4. Dungannon were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Carrick Rangers with a 2-1 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dungannon, as the Premiership home game vs Warrenpoint Town is only three days away.
The Dungannon Swifts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Dungannon having conceded 21 goals here at Stangmore Park so far.
Ballymena United form and stats
There's been little loot from Ballymena United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Ballymena United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.
Ballymena are travelling again after losing away to Cliftonville in their previous match (0-3).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Larne in the Premiership.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ballymena manager Jeffrey as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Linfield.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ballymena as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Ballymena have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met earlier this season: Ballymena United - Dungannon Swifts 4-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Dungannon Swifts wins - draws - Ballymena United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mayse 5 goals | D. McBrien 4 goals | J. McCready 4 goals |
Dungannon Swifts missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Dungannon Swifts | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 46 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 76% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 53% |
| 53% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 41% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 24% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 9.6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 37% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
- All of Dungannon Swifts's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (46) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts 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 | Cliftonville | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -29 | 7 |