Larne vs Ballymena United betting preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Inver Park (1100 seats)

The Premiership season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Larne and Ballymena United promises to be an interesting one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Larne form and stats

Larne have only played one Premiership game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 16 matches.

Happy days for Larne in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Carrick Rangers (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Larne won a home game hosting Dungannon Swifts (3-0).

Larne has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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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 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 15 matches.

Ballymena United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Linfield proved too strong as Ballymena slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The Showgrounds. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Coleraine.

It's early days yet, but Ballymena United has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Larne victories, zero draws and six Ballymena United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Larne missing players

Ballymena United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Larne Ballymena United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 3 0 Scored S 1 1 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
24 14 0 Total Shots T S 7 7 15
14 9 0 Shots on Target S O 4 4 8
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 38%
Larne Last season Ballymena United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   15 31
16 7   Won W   3 7
8 6   Drew D   3 6
7 3   Lost L   9 18
59 32   Scored S   14 34
29 15   Conceded C   24 54
87% 81%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
71% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 87%
58% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 55%
39% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 26%
19% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 13%
45% 50%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
45% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 10%
23% 19%   Failed to Score F T   33% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
267 138   Total Shots T S   108 200
152 74   Shots on Target S O   39 78
36% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 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 Linfield 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 6
2 Larne 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Crusaders 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Coleraine 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
6 Ballymena United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7 Cliftonville 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Portadown 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
9 Glentoran 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Carrick Rangers 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
12 Dungannon Swifts 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 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 31 22 3 6 71 24 15 12 2 1 44 9 16 10 1 5 27 15 47 69
2 Coleraine 31 19 8 4 64 24 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 10 3 3 35 14 40 65
3 Crusaders 31 17 8 6 66 30 16 10 3 3 35 13 15 7 5 3 31 17 36 59
4 Cliftonville 31 18 5 8 48 22 15 9 2 4 23 11 16 9 3 4 25 11 26 59
5 Glentoran 31 17 7 7 60 33 16 10 3 3 34 13 15 7 4 4 26 20 27 58
6 Larne 31 16 8 7 59 29 16 7 6 3 32 15 15 9 2 4 27 14 30 56
7 Glenavon 31 10 5 16 46 71 15 7 5 3 27 20 16 3 0 13 19 51 -25 35
8 Carrick Rangers 31 10 2 19 34 47 16 5 0 11 17 25 15 5 2 8 17 22 -13 32
9 Dungannon Swifts 31 8 6 17 36 76 16 6 3 7 23 33 15 2 3 10 13 43 -40 30
10 Ballymena United 31 7 6 18 34 54 16 4 3 9 20 30 15 3 3 9 14 24 -20 27
11 Warrenpoint Town 31 5 3 23 26 85 15 3 1 11 15 40 16 2 2 12 11 45 -59 18
12 Institute 31 2 9 20 23 72 15 1 2 12 8 41 16 1 7 8 15 31 -49 15

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 6
2 Larne 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Crusaders 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Coleraine 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
5 Warrenpoint Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
6 Ballymena United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7 Cliftonville 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
8 Portadown 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 -1 3
9 Glentoran 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Glenavon 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
11 Carrick Rangers 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
12 Dungannon Swifts 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

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