Dungannon Swifts vs Ballymena United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Dungannon Swifts

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Dungannon Swifts are hoping to win again after their last result, the 2-0 Premiership victory against Glenavon.

For Dungannon Swifts, the goalscorers were Tomas Galvin (23') and Thomas Maguire (75').

Rodney McAree's Dungannon Swifts have found the net a sum total of 10 times over their prior six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures stands at 6.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Dungannon Swifts:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Ballymena United in their last 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Ballymena United

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Ballymena United will come into the clash following a 4-0 Premiership win to beat Newry City in their most recent fixture.

For Ballymena United, the goals were scored by Noah Stewart (21', 45'), Calvin McCurry (52') and Steven McCullough (79').

During their six previous matches, Jim Ervin's Ballymena United have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 9 times - yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

Coming into this meeting, Ballymena United haven't been beaten by Dungannon Swifts when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 21/10/2022 tells us that Dungannon Swifts have won 1 of these & Ballymena United 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A combined total of 15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 for The Swifts and 9 coming from Sky Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Premiership match day 25 on 13/01/2024 when the final score was Ballymena United 2-4 Dungannon Swifts.

The referee was Raymond Crangle.

🗞️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts

There is just a single fitness concern for the Dungannon Swifts gaffer Rodney McAree to contend with due to a largely intact set of players. Niall Owens (Knock) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: Ballymena United

Due to a mostly healthy group, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Ballymena United gaffer Jim Ervin to contend with. Colin Coates (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Dungannon Swifts have it within them to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the same time, Ballymena United may well struggle to break down their defence but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be being dangerous at times, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 3-1 margin for Dungannon Swifts at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:14 26/04/2024