Another action-packed fixture in Premiership as Linfield welcome Ballymena United

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Windsor Park (24734 seats)

Linfield perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Ballymena United can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (72) in Premiership
  • Ballymena United have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premiership

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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Linfield form and stats

Home games in the Premiership have been a walk in the park for Linfield so far, with 41 points won from 16 matches; 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Linfield has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Windsor Park. We remember; it was Glentoran.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Coleraine in a game that was won 2-1.

Linfield are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Windsor Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 47 goals in 16 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Linfield have only let in 8 goals at home.

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Ballymena United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Glentoran.

Ballymena are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 15 away games so far. 16 goals have been conceded by Ballymena in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ballymena United - Linfield 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Linfield victories, zero draws and two 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

LinfieldS. Lavery
S. Lavery
20 goals
LinfieldA. Waterworth
A. Waterworth
14 goals
LinfieldJ. Stewart
J. Stewart
12 goals

Linfield missing players

Ballymena United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Linfield Ballymena United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 4 15 31
21 13 4 Won W 3 7 13
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
6 1 0 Lost L 1 5 11
72 47 8 Scored S 4 25 48
30 8 1 Conceded C 2 16 36
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
90% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
65% 62% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 53% 45%
32% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 26%
23% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
55% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 53% 55%
42% 62% 75% Clean Sheets C S 75% 40% 29%
6% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 13% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.6 10.9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.3 8.9
4.5 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.9 4.6
51% 54% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 34%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ballymena United have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premiership
  • Ballymena United have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Premiership
  • Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most clean sheets (13) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most points (41) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (47) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals (72) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+39) at home in Premiership
  • Linfield have the the best goal difference (+42) 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 31 21 4 6 72 30 16 13 2 1 47 8 15 8 2 5 25 22 42 67
2 Coleraine 31 17 7 7 47 30 16 10 3 3 23 12 15 7 4 4 24 18 17 58
3 Glentoran 30 16 8 6 55 26 15 10 4 1 32 9 15 6 4 5 23 17 29 56
4 Larne 30 14 10 6 48 30 16 8 5 3 25 14 14 6 5 3 23 16 18 52
5 Cliftonville 30 14 8 8 48 32 15 11 2 2 32 15 15 3 6 6 16 17 16 50
6 Crusaders 31 14 5 12 51 39 15 8 2 5 27 17 16 6 3 7 24 22 12 47
7 Ballymena United 31 13 7 11 48 36 16 6 4 6 23 20 15 7 3 5 25 16 12 46
8 Glenavon 30 12 10 8 48 46 15 5 7 3 25 25 15 7 3 5 23 21 2 46
9 Warrenpoint Town 30 6 9 15 28 53 14 2 6 6 15 22 16 4 3 9 13 31 -25 27
10 Portadown 30 6 6 18 34 61 15 3 3 9 16 23 15 3 3 9 18 38 -27 24
11 Carrick Rangers 31 4 7 20 27 71 15 2 4 9 19 32 16 2 3 11 8 39 -44 19
12 Dungannon Swifts 31 4 3 24 17 69 15 3 0 12 11 31 16 1 3 12 6 38 -52 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 31 21 4 6 72 30 16 13 2 1 47 8 15 8 2 5 25 22 42 67
2 Coleraine 31 17 7 7 47 30 16 10 3 3 23 12 15 7 4 4 24 18 17 58
3 Glentoran 30 16 8 6 55 26 15 10 4 1 32 9 15 6 4 5 23 17 29 56
4 Larne 30 14 10 6 48 30 16 8 5 3 25 14 14 6 5 3 23 16 18 52
5 Cliftonville 30 14 8 8 48 32 15 11 2 2 32 15 15 3 6 6 16 17 16 50
6 Crusaders 31 14 5 12 51 39 15 8 2 5 27 17 16 6 3 7 24 22 12 47
7 Ballymena United 31 13 7 11 48 36 16 6 4 6 23 20 15 7 3 5 25 16 12 46
8 Glenavon 30 12 10 8 48 46 15 5 7 3 25 25 15 7 3 5 23 21 2 46
9 Warrenpoint Town 30 6 9 15 28 53 14 2 6 6 15 22 16 4 3 9 13 31 -25 27
10 Portadown 30 6 6 18 34 61 15 3 3 9 16 23 15 3 3 9 18 38 -27 24
11 Carrick Rangers 31 4 7 20 27 71 15 2 4 9 19 32 16 2 3 11 8 39 -44 19
12 Dungannon Swifts 31 4 3 24 17 69 15 3 0 12 11 31 16 1 3 12 6 38 -52 15

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