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Glentoran
Glentoran
Ballymena United
Ballymena United
2024-03-23 15:00:00
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Glentoran vs Ballymena United Live Stream, Predictions

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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Glentoran to Win

Glentoran will do battle with visiting club Ballymena United at The BetMcLean Oval in this Premiership tie on Saturday.

All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Glentoran v Ballymena United are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.

Both Teams to Score Prediction
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📏 Form Guide

Glentoran
Glentoran
WLWDLW

Glentoran are hoping to win again following a 0-3 Premiership success vs Dungannon Swifts.

For Glentoran, the goalscorers were Shay McCartan (17'), Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe (30') and Niall McGinn (60').

Matches involving Glentoran have tended to be entertaining affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to Glentoran.

Going into this encounter, Glentoran haven't lost in the league to Ballymena United in their last 4 matches.

Ballymena United
Ballymena United
LDLLLL 📉

Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Carrick Rangers in Premiership competition, Ballymena United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

James Teelan (29') and Nedas Maciulaitis (88') scored for Carrick Rangers.

The stats tell the story, and Ballymena United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 12 goals in all. Defensively, Ballymena United have been far from perfect. Nevertheless, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall be replicated here in this match.

Taking a look at their past results, Ballymena United:

  • have not won against Glentoran when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Not the best of away records.
  • haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 19/03/2022 shows us that Glentoran have won 4 of these and Ballymena United 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 12 from The Glens and 4 netted by Sky Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league match between these sides was Premiership match day 17 on 18/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Glentoran 5-0 Ballymena United.

The match was refereed by Declan Hassan.

🗞️ Team News: Glentoran

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Glentoran gaffer Declan Devine to be concerned with from a near full-strength set of players. David Fisher (unknown injury) won’t play.

📰 Team News: Ballymena United

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

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Glentoran are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Ballymena United could well struggle to score a goal of their own but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash, too.

Our tip is for a 3-1 win for Glentoran at the conclusion of the game.

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

Andre Moura, 14:03 23/03/2024

Correct Score Prediction
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3-1
Glentoran

🏟️ Team Focus:
Glentoran

Formed: 1882
Stadium: The BetMcLean Oval (6,054)
Captain: Marcus Kane
Chairman: Ian Kerr
Manager: Declan Devine
Competitions: Premiership position 4, Irish Cup (Semi-finals)

⭐ Key Player: Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe

Regularly used in the Striker position, Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe was born in England. After having played his first senior match for Colchester United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the dangerous Forward has struck 11 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 32 appearances.

Glentoran 2023-11-18 15:00:00 5 - 0 Ballymena United
Ballymena United 2023-08-25 18:45:00 0 - 2 Glentoran
Glentoran 2023-03-14 19:45:00 1 - 0 Ballymena United
Ballymena United 2023-02-17 19:45:00 1 - 3 Glentoran
Ballymena United 2023-01-02 15:00:00 2 - 0 Glentoran
Ballymena United 2022-03-19 15:00:00 1 - 1 Glentoran
Pos Team Pld W D L +/- Pts Form
1
Larne
Larne Larne
32 23 8 1 50 77 WWWDW
2
Linfield
Linfield Linfield
32 24 3 5 40 75 DLWWW
3
Cliftonville
Cliftonville Cliftonville
32 22 4 6 45 70 WWLLW
4
Glentoran
Glentoran Glentoran
32 15 8 9 27 53 WLDLW
5
Crusaders
Crusaders Crusaders
32 15 7 10 18 52 DWWWD
6
Coleraine
Coleraine Coleraine
32 11 7 14 -16 40 LWWDD
7
Carrick Rangers
Carrick Rangers Carrick
32 11 5 16 -21 38 DWDLW
8
Loughgall
Loughgall Loughgall
32 10 6 16 -10 36 DLDWL
9
Glenavon
Glenavon Glenavon
32 10 4 18 -19 34 LLDWL
10
Dungannon Swifts
Dungannon Swifts Dungannon
32 8 7 17 -15 31 DLWLL
11
Ballymena United
Ballymena United Ballymena
32 5 4 23 -39 19 DLLLL
12
Newry City
Newry City Newry City
32 4 5 23 -60 17 DLLWL
Glentoran 2024-03-23 15:00:00 4 - 0 Ballymena United
Dungannon Swifts 2024-03-16 15:00:00 0 - 3 Glentoran
Glentoran 2024-03-09 15:00:00 0 - 3 Loughgall
Glenavon 2024-03-05 19:45:00 0 - 0 Glentoran
Glentoran 2024-03-02 15:00:00 2 - 0 Ballyclare Comrades
Larne 2024-02-23 19:45:00 3 - 0 Glentoran
Glentoran 2024-03-23 15:00:00 4 - 0 Ballymena United
Ballymena United 2024-03-16 15:00:00 0 - 2 Carrick Rangers
Ballymena United 2024-03-09 15:00:00 2 - 4 Crusaders
Linfield 2024-02-24 15:00:00 2 - 0 Ballymena United
Ballymena United 2024-02-17 15:00:00 0 - 1 Larne
Newry City 2024-02-09 19:45:00 1 - 1 Ballymena United
Glentoran 2024-03-09 00:00:00 0 - 3 Loughgall
Glentoran 2024-02-17 00:00:00 8 - 2 Newry City
Glentoran 2024-02-10 00:00:00 2 - 2 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran 2024-02-06 00:00:00 2 - 2 Cliftonville
Glentoran 2024-01-13 00:00:00 6 - 0 Coleraine
Glentoran 2023-12-16 00:00:00 1 - 0 Newry City
Linfield 2024-02-24 00:00:00 2 - 0 Ballymena United
Newry City 2024-02-09 00:00:00 1 - 1 Ballymena United
Cliftonville 2024-01-20 00:00:00 3 - 0 Ballymena United
Glenavon 2023-12-30 00:00:00 0 - 1 Ballymena United
Cliftonville 2023-12-23 00:00:00 2 - 0 Ballymena United
Newry City 2023-12-08 00:00:00 0 - 0 Ballymena United
Goals scored 2.8
Goals conceded 1.2
Time first goal scored 25
Time first goal conceded 46
Yellow cards 1.9
Red cards 0.3
Subs used 3.9
Biggest victory 8-2
Biggest defeat 3-0
Goals scored 0.5
Goals conceded 1.9
Time first goal scored 42
Time first goal conceded 34
Yellow cards 2.6
Red cards 0.2
Subs used 3.3
Biggest victory 1-0
Biggest defeat 5-0
David Fisher 11
Daire O'Connor 11
Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe 11
Jay Donnelly 7
Bobby Burns 6
Noah Stewart 6
Fraser Taylor 3
Ryan Waide 3
Colin Coates 2
Isaac Westendorf 2
Glentoran 2024-03-29 19:45:00 Linfield
Glentoran 2024-03-23 15:00:00 Ballymena United

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