Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Larne take on Ballymena United

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Inver Park (1100 seats)

Larne receive Ballymena United for another exciting Premiership game here at Inver Park.

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 Larne and Ballymena United.

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Larne form and stats

A Premiership draw at home so far for Larne. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 1 matches.

Larne's last game was hosting Ballymena United (placed 6th) and winning 1-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Glenavon and winning 2-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Larne at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Ballymena United form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premiership, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2 matches.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Ballymena United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Larne (placed 7th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cliftonville.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ballymena United has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Larne 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

LarneB. Doherty
B. Doherty
1 goals
LarneP. O'Neill
P. O'Neill
1 goals
Ballymena UnitedC. Keeley
C. Keeley
1 goals

Larne missing players

Ballymena United missing players

Larne Ballymena United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 3
3.7 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 5.2
2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 5.2
4 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.2
25% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 38%
 
6 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.5 8.5
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.2
Larne Last season Ballymena United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 19   Played P   19 38
19 9   Won W   6 16
11 5   Drew D   1 5
10 5   Lost L   12 17
67 31   Scored S   17 46
41 17   Conceded C   31 52
90% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
75% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
55% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 53%
28% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
15% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
55% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 45%
35% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
20% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
6 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
3.6 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 6
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.1 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.6
5.2 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.5
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 35%
 
5.9 5.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.2
2.7 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coleraine 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
2 Glentoran 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 7
3 Linfield 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
4 Crusaders 3 2 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 6
5 Cliftonville 3 2 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Ballymena United 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
7 Larne 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Carrick Rangers 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 3
9 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
10 Newry City AFC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
11 Dungannon Swifts 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 -7 0
12 Portadown 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 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 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 83
2 Cliftonville 5 2 3 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 82
3 Glentoran 5 0 2 3 4 10 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 -6 71
4 Crusaders 5 2 1 2 13 8 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 8 1 5 68
5 Larne 5 2 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 62
6 Coleraine 5 1 0 4 5 13 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 5 -8 51