Portadown hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 10th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Ballymena United holds 7th place with 26 pts.
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Relegation threatens Portadown who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Ballymena most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Portadown form and stats
Portadown's results here at Shamrock Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Portadown are slowly digging their own grave here at Shamrock Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Queen's University match.
The Portadown crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Glentoran here at Shamrock Park in a Premiership match. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Cliftonville.
There will be little rest for Portadown after this match as they are travelling to Coleraine for a Premiership game in only three days.
Portadown aren't scoring a lot here at Shamrock Park in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Ballymena United form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ballymena United, who have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Ballymena United are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Ballymena United won their last game, 2-1 versus Cliftonville played at home. Prior to that match, the Ballymena manager D. Jeffrey faced defeat when travelling to Cliftonville and losing 1-2.
Ballymena are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Portadown - Ballymena United 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Portadown won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Ballymena United has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 7 goals | S. McCartan 6 goals |  L. Bonis 5 goals |
Portadown missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Portadown | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 26 |
| 38 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 71% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 41% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 21% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 16% |
| 59% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 37% |
| 35% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 46% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 48% | 39% |
- Ballymena United has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ballymena United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Portadown have scored home.
- Portadown has the fewest points (3) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Premiership
- Portadown has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Portadown have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portadown have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Larne | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 17 |
| 10 | Portadown | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 12 |