The season has been a struggle for Newry City AFC so far, and that also applies to Ballymena United. The bottom dwellers eye some crucial points here.
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- All of Ballymena United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
It's no vacation for neither Newry nor Ballymena United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry City AFC's struggle is real here at The Showgrounds with only 3 points collected from 6 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5. With Newry City AFC having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Mullen.
Newry City AFC are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by O'Connor).
In their previous game, the manager Mullen led his Newry City AFC to a defeat away at Ballymena United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Showgrounds.
Preceding that match was the home game against Linfield that was lost 0-2.It should be noted that a peek at the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Carrick Rangers in only four days. This game is also played here at The Showgrounds.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Newry here at The Showgrounds in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 6 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Newry City AFC defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ballymena United form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ballymena United in their Premiership matches away.
Ballymena had fun at their own home (The Showgrounds) last time out, beating Newry City AFC 3-0. Gibson, McDaid and Place scored.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Glenavon wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ballymena United has managed {5 goals} and let in 10 from 5 matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these sides have all finished as Ballymena United wins. Will history repeat itself?The most up to date registered meeting between these sides is the Ballymena United - Newry City AFC 3-0 played not long ago this season. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 4 goals |  D. Hughes 3 goals | J. Gibson 3 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Newry City AFC | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 26 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 6.3 | 7.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 32% | 19% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 47% |
| 13 | 13.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.6 | 10.9 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 7 | 5 |
- All of Ballymena United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newry City AFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Newry City AFC 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 | Glentoran | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 29 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Linfield | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 9 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | -26 | 4 |
| 12 | Portadown | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -29 | 1 |
