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Both Teams to Score Prediction
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Yes
The Premiership tie at Shamrock Park on Saturday will see home side Portadown take to the field against Ballymena United.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Portadown v Ballymena United game - as well as up-to-date odds.
Full-Time Result Prediction
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Draw
📊 Form Guide
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Portadown
DDWWDW 📈
Portadown are hoping to win again following the 0-3 Premiership triumph versus Crusaders.
For Portadown, the scorers were Ryan Mayse (28'), Adu Obhakhan (68') and Lewis MacKinnon (75').
Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Portadown have played. Their opponents scored 7 of them in these games whereas Portadown amassed a tally of 12. Such a pattern might not be sustained into this next game, however.
Looking at their past form shows that Portadown:
- are unbeaten in the league by Ballymena United in their last 3 games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.
Ballymena United
LWWWWW 🔥
Ballymena United will go into the game after a 3-2 Premiership win against Cliftonville in their most recent match.
For Ballymena United, the goalscorers were Ben Kennedy (13'), Kym Nelson (61') and Ethan Devine (69'). Jonathan Addis (41') and Joe Gormley (88') scored for Cliftonville.
Jim Ervin's Ballymena United have converted 12 times throughout their latest six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 5.
Their previous form shows that Ballymena United:
- have not won against Portadown in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes going back to 12/03/2022 tells us that Portadown have won 3 of them & Ballymena United 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
An aggregate of 8 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from The Ports and 4 netted by Sky Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 1 on 07/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Portadown 1-0 Ballymena United.
The match was refereed by Ben McMaster.
🧠 Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Ballymena United and Portadown could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.
Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That’s why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 score at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 13:03 28/09/2024
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
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Correct Score Prediction
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1-1
🏟️ Team Focus:
Portadown
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Shamrock Park (2,770)
Captain: Gary Thompson
Chairman: David Jameson
Manager: Niall Currie
Competitions: Premiership position 7
🔑 Key Man: Ryan Mayse
Mostly deployed in the Right Wing position, Ryan Mayse was born in Newtownstewart, N. Ireland. After making a first senior appearance for Ballinamallard United in the 2015 - 2016 season, the accomplished Forward has hit 5 league goals in this Premiership 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 8 appearances.
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Ballymena United |
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Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
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Portadown |
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Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | WDLDW |
| 2 |
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9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | WWWWW |
| 3 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | WDWWW |
| 4 |
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9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | LWDLL |
| 5 |
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9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | WWLWD |
| 6 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | LDWDW |
| 7 |
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9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | WLLWL |
| 8 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | DWWDW |
| 9 |
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7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 10 | DWLLL |
| 10 |
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9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 9 | LDWDD |
| 11 |
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9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -13 | 5 | DLLLL |
| 12 |
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 3 | LLLLL |
| Glenavon |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
| Crusaders |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Coleraine |
| Portadown |
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Dungannon Swifts |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Portadown |
| Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
| Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Glentoran |
| Larne |
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Ballymena United |
| Portadown |
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Coleraine |
| Portadown |
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Dungannon Swifts |
| Portadown |
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Linfield |
| Portadown |
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Glentoran |
| Portadown |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Portadown |
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Newry City |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Ballymena United |
| Larne |
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Ballymena United |
| Dungannon Swifts |
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Ballymena United |
| Coleraine |
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Ballymena United |
| Dungannon Swifts |
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Ballymena United |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Ballymena United |
| Goals scored | 1.8 |
| Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 60 |
| Time first goal conceded | 9 |
| Yellow cards | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 4.8 |
| Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
| Goals scored | 1.8 |
| Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| Time first goal scored | 42 |
| Time first goal conceded | 30 |
| Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.3 |
| Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
| Ryan Mayse | 5 |
| Adu Obhakhan | 4 |
| Eamon Fyfe | 1 |
| Lewis MacKinnon | 1 |
| Josh Ukek | 1 |
| Ben Kennedy | 10 |
| Ethan Devine | 2 |
| Kym Nelson | 2 |
| Aaron Jarvis | 1 |
| Danny Lafferty | 1 |
| Portadown |
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Loughgall |
| Dungannon Swifts |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Larne |
| Ballymena United |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Glentoran |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Glenavon |
| Linfield |
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Portadown |
| Coleraine |
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Portadown |
| Portadown |
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Cliftonville |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Coleraine |
| Crusaders |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Portadown |
| Linfield |
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Ballymena United |
| Cliftonville |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Larne |
| Ballymena United |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Glentoran |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Dungannon Swifts |
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