Season ticket holders at Mourneview Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Glenavon languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Ballymena United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Glenavon has the most conceded goals (16) at home in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
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 Glenavon and Ballymena United.
Glenavon form and stats
Glenavon's results here at Mourneview Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The Glenavon manager G. Hamilton might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Before that, Glenavon played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Cliftonville.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Glenavon, as the Premiership home game vs Coleraine is only three days away.
The Glenavon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Glenavon are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ballymena United, who have the most points (16) away in Premiership, collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Premiership. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Ballymena United has no reason to fear anyone.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carrick Rangers at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The schedule is very tough for Ballymena now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Glentoran is waiting in only three days.
Ballymena has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. Ballymena's manager D. Jeffrey has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Ballymena United - Glenavon 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Glenavon 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
  P. McElroy 7 goals |  D. Purkis 5 goals | S. McCartan 4 goals |
Glenavon missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Glenavon | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 23 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| 54% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 31% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 23% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 50% | 39% |
- Ballymena United has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most clean sheets (5) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most points (16) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Glenavon has the most conceded goals (16) at home in Premiership
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | Larne | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -21 | 11 |
| 11 | Portadown | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 9 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -22 | 4 |