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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Ballymena United to Win
The Premiership meeting at Ballymena Showgrounds on Saturday sees hosts Ballymena United do battle with opponents Newry City.
View all Ballymena United v Newry City tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - along with the latest match odds.
Both Teams to Score Prediction
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📏 Form Guide
Ballymena United
LLLWLW
Ballymena United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 Premiership success vs Glenavon.
The only player to score from Ballymena United was Calvin McCurry (9').
It has been seldom in recent times where Ballymena United haven’t conceded. The reality is that Ballymena United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 14 goals in the process. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.
Newry City
WLLLLL 🔻
After being beaten in their last game against Carrick Rangers in Premiership competition, Newry City will be hoping to turn things around here.
The only name on the scoresheet from Newry City was Ciarán O'Connor (3'). Curtis Allen (30'), David Cushley (37') and Danny Gibson (45') scored for Carrick Rangers.
The stats tell the story, and Newry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 15 goals in all. Defensively, Newry City have not been doing too well.
Their prior results show that Newry City:
- remain unbeaten by Ballymena United when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 08/11/2022 shows that Ballymena United have won 0 of these & Newry City 2, with the tally of drawn games being 4.
A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 5 for Sky Blues and 8 created by City. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The last league meeting between these clubs was Premiership match day 28 on 09/02/2024 when it ended Newry City 1-1 Ballymena United.
The referee was Chris Morrison.
ℹ️ Team News: Ballymena United
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Ballymena United boss Jim Ervin to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group of players. Colin Coates (Knee surgery) misses out.
📋 Team News: Newry City
Owing to a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Newry City boss doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game. Barney McKeown is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
⚡ Prediction
We feel that in this game, Newry City have it within them to find the net against this Ballymena United lineup, although it isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Ballymena United at the end of this one. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 13:11 20/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ballymena United
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Ballymena Showgrounds (3,824)
Captain: Colin Coates
Chairman: Matthew Armstrong
Manager: Jim Ervin
Competitions: Premiership position 11
⭐ Star Player: Noah Stewart
Generally used in the Striker position, Noah Stewart was born in N. Ireland. After having made a senior debut playing for Ballymena United in the 2023 - 2024 season, the goalscoring Forward has hit 7 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 23 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 86 | WWLWW |
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36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 83 | WWDWD |
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36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 71 | WLDLL |
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36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 61 | DWWLW |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 57 | WWDLL |
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36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | -15 | 46 | DDDWD |
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36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 44 | WLLWW |
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36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | -10 | 42 | LWLWL |
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36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 41 | LDWWW |
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36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | -22 | 37 | LLWLL |
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36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -42 | 25 | LLWLW |
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36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | -66 | 17 | LLLLL |
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Glenavon |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Dungannon Swifts |
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Crusaders |
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Larne |
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Loughgall |
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| Goals scored | 0.8 |
| Goals conceded | 1.7 |
| Time first goal scored | 38 |
| Time first goal conceded | 34 |
| Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 3.4 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
| Goals scored | 0.9 |
| Goals conceded | 2.7 |
| Time first goal scored | 49 |
| Time first goal conceded | 25 |
| Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.4 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 8-2 |
| Noah Stewart | 9 |
| Fraser Taylor | 4 |
| Ryan Waide | 3 |
| Colin Coates | 2 |
| Alex Gawne | 2 |
| Adam Salley | 10 |
| Ciarán O'Connor | 3 |
| Adam Carroll | 2 |
| Lorcan Forde | 2 |
| Lee Newell | 2 |
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Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
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