Classic home win, the away team steals it or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Glentoran and Ballymena United meet at The Oval.
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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 Glentoran and Ballymena United.
Glentoran form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Glentoran have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
In their previous game, the manager M. McDermott led his Glentoran to a defeat in the Irish League Cup match away at Coleraine. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Oval.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Warrenpoint Town.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Glentoran home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Glentoran in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Glentoran with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Ballymena United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ballymena United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Ballymena United are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Ballymena's previous game versus Linfield (placed 3rd), a Irish League Cup 3-1 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Glenavon at their stadium, the result 1-0.You'll want to know how Ballymena managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eight similar matches resulting in five away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
The attacking power of Ballymena when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As for defending, Ballymena rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Glentoran and Ballymena United have faced each other previously this season: Glentoran - Ballymena United 4-1. Last ten meetings between these squads: Glentoran won five, Ballymena United were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 9 goals | C. McMenamin 7 goals | R. McDaid 2 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Glentoran | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.3 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 37% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 34% |
| 6.7 | 6.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
- All of Glentoran's home-matches have had more than 2,5 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.
- Glentoran have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Linfield | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 11 | Portadown | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -21 | 3 |