Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership (2016 - 2017)

Saturday, 31 December, 2016
14:00

Ards FC

Ballymena United

4 - 2

(1 - 2, 3 - 0)

Our User's Votes

1 14% for Ards FC

X 0% for Draw

2 86% for Ballymena United

Total Votes: 7

Leading Bookmakers Odds

1	X	2
2.82	3.39	2.08
3.10	3.40	2.20
3.25	3.40	2.00
3.25	3.60	2.00

1X	12	X2
1.53	1.24	1.32
1.62	1.30	1.36
1.72	1.25	1.30
1.72	1.25	1.30

Draw No Bet		Dnb1	Dnb2
		2.20	1.62
		2.43	1.50

Goals	Under	Over
1.5	5.00	1.14
1.5	4.60	1.16
1.5	5.10	1.15
2.5	2.40	1.44
2.5	2.50	1.50
2.5	2.40	1.53
2.5	2.48	1.50
3.5	1.62	2.20
3.5	1.60	2.20
3.5	1.58	2.30

BTS		Yes	No
		1.43	2.64
		1.44	2.63
		1.45	2.55
		1.47	2.60

*** Odds are pre-match odds and they are accurate at last update 31.12.2016 12:02. They may vary at this moment.

Match and Teams Details

Home team is from Newtownards, away team is from Ballymena. Distance between them is 48.2 km. Match will take place on stadium Clandeboye Park, which has capacity 2 850 persons and seats capacity 504. Pictures from Google maps stadium Clandeboye Park. Match will start in 14:00 local time.

Ards FC - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
26.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	Ards FC	2.51	3.29	2.50
17.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Coleraine	1 - 1	Ards FC	1.45	4.13	5.93
10.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	0 - 2	Linfield	7.25	4.95	1.31
02.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	3 - 3	Ballinamallard United	1.66	4.04	3.96
26.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran	1 - 0	Ards FC	1.88	3.47	3.57
19.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	1 - 0	Ards FC	1.23	5.53	9.35
12.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	0 - 1	Glenavon	3.63	3.56	1.84
05.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	2 - 4	Ballymena United	3.01	3.49	2.05
29.10.2016	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	0 - 3	Ards FC ***	2.60	3.39	2.37
22.10.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	3 - 3	Dungannon Swifts	2.71	3.38	2.30

Overall form: 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses in last 10 played matches.
Home form: 2 draws and 3 losses in last 5 home matches.

Current Info

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Ballymena United - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
26.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Coleraine	2.19	3.37	2.86
17.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.50	4.14	5.21
13.12.2016	Irish League Cup	Ballymena United	0 - 0	Coleraine	2.15	3.48	2.83
10.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran	2 - 3	Ballymena United	2.14	3.43	2.93
03.12.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Portadown	1.65	3.86	4.24
26.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Cliftonville	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.48	4.25	5.06
19.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 4	Dungannon Swifts	1.98	3.61	3.15
16.11.2016	Irish League Cup	Warrenpoint Town	0 - 2	Ballymena United	3.69	3.53	1.80
12.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Carrick Rangers	1.39	4.43	6.29
08.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 4	Linfield	3.66	3.74	1.77

Overall form: 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in last 10 played matches.
Away form: 2 wins and 2 losses in last 4 away matches.

Current Info

Head to Head

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
05.11.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	2 - 4	Ballymena United	3.01	3.49	2.05
20.08.2016	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	3 - 4	Ards FC	2.34	3.40	2.66
26.04.2014	Rel. Group	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Ards FC	2.36	3.36	2.60
01.01.2014	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	0 - 0	Ballymena United	3.45	3.43	1.90
16.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	4 - 2	Ards FC	1.76	3.52	3.89
30.08.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	2 - 0	Ballymena United	3.08	3.37	2.06

In last 6 head to head matches home team has 2 wins, away team has 2 wins and 2 times draw. On stadium of home team Ards FC there were 3 matches played, home team has 1 win, away team has 1 win and 1 time draw.

NIFL Premiership Standing to 31.12.2016

№	Team	MP	W	D	L	GS	GC	G	Pts
1	Crusaders	22	16	5	1	50	18	+32	53
2	Linfield	22	13	7	2	50	15	+35	46
3	Cliftonville	23	14	3	6	40	26	+14	45
4	Ballymena United	22	12	3	7	46	43	+3	39
5	Coleraine	22	8	7	7	29	25	+4	31
6	Dungannon Swifts	22	8	6	8	38	31	+7	30
7	Glenavon	22	7	9	6	33	33	0	30
8	Glentoran	22	6	6	10	22	33	-11	24
9	Ards FC	22	6	5	11	29	36	-7	23
10	Ballinamallard United	22	5	3	14	24	45	-21	18
11	Carrick Rangers	22	3	4	15	17	49	-32	13
12	Portadown	23	5	2	16	16	40	-24	5

Current Standing

Played Matches in the League

Ards FC
Ballymena United
Home
Away

League Matches vs. Other Teams

№	Team	Ards FC		Ards FC	Ballymena United		Ballymena United
№	Team	Home	Away	Home	Home	Away	Away
1	Crusaders	0 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 1	2 - 1	6 - 0	6 - 0
2	Linfield	0 - 2	4 - 0	0 - 2	1 - 4	2 - 1	2 - 1
3	Cliftonville	2 - 2	2 - 0	2 - 2	3 - 2	2 - 0	2 - 0
4	Ballymena United	2 - 4	3 - 4	2 - 4	-	-	-
5	Coleraine	1 - 2	1 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 0	2 - 2	2 - 2
6	Dungannon Swifts	3 - 3	1 - 2	3 - 3	1 - 4	2 - 2	2 - 2
7	Glenavon	0 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 1	3 - 3	5 - 0	5 - 0
8	Glentoran	2 - 0	1 - 0	2 - 0	4 - 1	2 - 3	2 - 3
9	Ards FC	-	-	-	3 - 4	2 - 4	2 - 4
10	Ballinamallard United	3 - 3	2 - 1	3 - 3	4 - 0	0 - 1	0 - 1
11	Carrick Rangers	3 - 1	1 - 1	3 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 4	1 - 4
12	Portadown	1 - 0	0 - 3*	1 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 2	0 - 2

*** Three matches in regular season, then 2 groups by 6 teams and one more match in group - total 38 matches

Standing in League

	Ards FC	Ballymena United
Position	9	4
Points	23	39
	Home	Away
Position	8	4
Points	12	17

League Form

	Ards FC	Ballymena United
Wins Draws Losses	6 5 11	12 3 7
	Home	Away
Wins Draws Losses	3 3 5	5 2 4

Goals in League

	Ards FC	Ballymena United
Scored Conceded	29 36	46 43
	Home	Away
Scored Conceded	17 19	19 24