This should be quite the absorbing skirmish at The Oval in the Premiership. Glentoran is in 7th place and welcome Ballymena United in 12th place. Read about the match here!
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!
Glentoran form and stats
Glentoran faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cliftonville (0-1).
Before that match, a win away at Dungannon Swifts.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Irish League Cup game versus Banbridge Town in only four days. This game is also played here at The Oval.
Ballymena United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ballymena United performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 26/18 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Ballymena United had these away match statistics: Played 2; won 2, drew 0 and lost 0.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ballymena, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Warrenpoint Town (placed 9th).
Before that, Ballymena secured a home win against Portadown with the score 4-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ballymena United manager D. Jeffrey as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Annagh United.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ballymena United has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Glentoran won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Ballymena United got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. McMenamin 1 goals | R. Donnelly 1 goals | R. McDaid 1 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Glentoran | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Glentoran | Last season | Ballymena United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 18 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 65 | 38 | Scored | S | 33 | 67 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 74% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 39% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 55% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 13% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 45% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Larne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Glenavon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Linfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Portadown | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Ballymena United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| 4 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 60 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 54 |