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Ballymena United head to Mourneview Park on Saturday for the Premiership tie with hosts Glenavon.
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Glenavon will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Cliftonville.
Ryan Curran (53') and Eric McWoods (73') scored for Cliftonville.
Glenavon have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opponents over the course of their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, Glenavon have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 10. That trend might not be carried forward into this match, of course.
Ahead of this meeting, Glenavon are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
Last time out, Ballymena United drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Carrick Rangers.
The only scorer from Ballymena United was Aaron Jarvis (75'). David Cushley (96') was the scorer for Carrick Rangers.
The stats tell the story, and Ballymena United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 12 goals overall. At the back, Ballymena United have clearly had some problems.
A look at their previous results shows us that Ballymena United:
Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 11/11/2023 tells us that Glenavon have won 2 of these and Ballymena United 4, with the number of draws standing at 0.
A combined total of 10 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for The Lurgan Blues and 6 coming from Sky Blues. That is an average goals per game value of 1.67.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was Premiership match day 24 on 30/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Ballymena United 0-2 Glenavon.
The referee was Shane McGonigle.
There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Glenavon manager Paddy McLaughlin to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Mark Haughey (Knock) is sidelined.
Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Ballymena United gaffer Jim Ervin to contend with. Johnny McMurray (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.
In our opinion, Ballymena United would be disappointed if they were not to break down this Glenavon lineup, although that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Glenavon after the 90. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Lucas Pereira, 00:07 19/04/2025
⚽️ Team Focus:
Glenavon
Formed: 1889
Stadium: Mourneview Park (3,302)
Captain: Mark Haughey
Chairman: Glenn Emerson
Manager: Paddy McLaughlin
Competitions: Premiership position 10
🔑 Key Player: David McDaid
Normally playing in the Striker position, David McDaid was born in Derry, N. Ireland. Having made his senior debut playing for Sligo Rovers in the 2008 season, the dangerous Forward has managed to score 8 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 34 appearances.
| Ballymena United |
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Glenavon |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Glenavon |
| Ballymena United |
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Glenavon |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Glenavon |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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37 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 85 | WWWWL |
| 2 |
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37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 62 | WDDWW |
| 3 |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 60 | DLWLW |
| 4 |
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36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 52 | DWLWL |
| 5 |
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36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 51 | DLDLL |
| 6 |
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36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 51 | DWLDL |
| 7 |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 55 | DWWWW |
| 8 |
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36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 50 | DLDLW |
| 9 |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 47 | WLWLD |
| 10 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 40 | LLDLL |
| 11 |
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36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -23 | 31 | DLLWD |
| 12 |
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36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | -46 | 21 | DWLWL |
| Cliftonville |
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Glenavon |
| Glenavon |
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Loughgall |
| Portadown |
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Glenavon |
| Glenavon |
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Larne |
| Linfield |
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Glenavon |
| Glentoran |
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Glenavon |
| Ballymena United |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Cliftonville |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
| Loughgall |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
| Ballymena United |
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Larne |
| Glenavon |
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Loughgall |
| Glenavon |
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Larne |
| Glenavon |
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Coleraine |
| Glenavon |
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Crusaders |
| Glenavon |
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Cliftonville |
| Glenavon |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Cliftonville |
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Ballymena United |
| Loughgall |
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Ballymena United |
| Dungannon Swifts |
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Ballymena United |
| Glentoran |
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Ballymena United |
| Crusaders |
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Ballymena United |
| Larne |
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Ballymena United |
| Goals scored | 1.1 |
| Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| Time first goal scored | 58 |
| Time first goal conceded | 48 |
| Yellow cards | 1.7 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.2 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.2 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 36 |
| Time first goal conceded | 33 |
| Yellow cards | 3.2 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 3.5 |
| Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
| David McDaid | 8 |
| Jack Malone | 5 |
| Peter Campbell | 4 |
| Michael O'Connor | 4 |
| James Doona | 2 |
| Ben Kennedy | 13 |
| Ethan Devine | 4 |
| Andy Scott | 4 |
| Success Edogun | 3 |
| Patrick McEleney | 3 |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Glenavon |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
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