There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premiership table so far. Here's the Glenavon - Ballymena United latest:
- Ballymena United have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Glenavon 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.
Glenavon form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Glenavon are 4-7-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Craig Hyland not having conceded a league goal in 320 minutes.
The Glenavon supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Warrenpoint Town in Premiership and win 1-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Coleraine the opponent.
A decent goal production from Glenavon in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Ballymena United form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premiership, are W7-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Visiting Ballymena has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There were no winners in Ballymena's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 2-2 vs Glentoran (placed 3rd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Crusaders.
Ballymena's last match (vs Glentoran) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 86th minute equalizer by S. McCartan.
Ballymena are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Ballymena as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Glenavon - Ballymena United 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Glenavon victories, one draw and four Ballymena United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
S. McCartan 12 goals | P. McElroy 10 goals | M. Fitzpatrick 8 goals |
Glenavon missing players
Ballymena United missing players
Glenavon | Ballymena United | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 13 |
10 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
45 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | 46 |
44 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 33 |
93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 80% |
59% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
31% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 23% |
17% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
76% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 53% |
21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 30% |
10% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.2 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
8 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8.7 | 9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
4.4 | 5 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
35% | 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 34% | 33% |
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballymena United have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have the the best goal difference (+10) away 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 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 42 | 66 |
2 | Coleraine | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 54 |
3 | Glentoran | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 52 |
4 | Larne | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 51 |
5 | Cliftonville | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
6 | Ballymena United | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
7 | Crusaders | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 46 |
8 | Glenavon | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
9 | Warrenpoint Town | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 26 |
10 | Portadown | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -30 | 18 |
11 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 37 | -42 | 18 |
12 | Dungannon Swifts | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 35 | -49 | 15 |