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Ballymena United

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Ballymena United won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Dungannon Swifts.

Kealan Dillon (19') scored for Dungannon Swifts.

Ballymena United have found it difficult to unlock defences in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 4 vs opponents over their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Ballymena United have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 9.

Leading up to this clash, Ballymena United:

• have not lost a league tie with Glenavon in their previous 2 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Glenavon

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Glenavon will go into the encounter after a 0-2 Premiership win to defeat Coleraine in their previous match.

For Glenavon, the scorers were David McDaid (2') and Keith Ward (49').

The stats don’t lie, and Glenavon have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. At the back, Glenavon have clearly had some problems. That pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this match, however.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 03/04/2023 shows us that Ballymena United have won 2 of these games & Glenavon 4, with the number of draws being 0.

An aggregate of 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from Sky Blues and 6 being from The Lurgan Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

🗞️ Team News: Ballymena United

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Ballymena United manager Jim Ervin to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Colin Coates (Knee surgery) is out of contention.

ℹ️ Team News: Glenavon

Glenavon boss Stephen McDonnell has a number of players out of action. Jack Malone (Ligament injury) and Isaac Baird (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Glenavon and Ballymena United might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very close game with a 0-0 scoreline by the conclusion of this game.

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

Renata Leite, 18:30 30/08/2024