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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.
๐ Form Guide
Glentoran
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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
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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.
- havenโt won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.
๐ฅ 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.
โน๏ธ Team News: Glentoran
There arenโt 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) wonโt play.
๐ Team News: Ballymena United
Due to a mostly healthy group, thereโs 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.
๐ฎ 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 itโs 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 over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 14:03 23/03/2024
๐๏ธ 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)
โญ 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.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 77 | WWWDW |
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32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 75 | DLWWW |
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32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 70 | WWLLW |
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32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 53 | WLDLW |
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32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 52 | DWWWD |
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32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 40 | LWWDD |
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32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 38 | DWDLW |
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32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 36 | DLDWL |
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32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | -19 | 34 | LLDWL |
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32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 31 | DLWLL |
11 |
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32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | -39 | 19 | DLLLL |
12 |
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32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -60 | 17 | DLLWL |
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Coleraine |
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Newry City |
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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 | 7 |
Fraser Taylor | 4 |
Ryan Waide | 3 |
Colin Coates | 2 |
Alex Gawne | 2 |
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