Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership (2013 - 2014)

Saturday, 21 December, 2013
15:00

Ballymena United

Crusaders

1 - 0

(1 - 0, 0 - 0)

Our User's Votes

1 0% for Ballymena United

X 0% for Draw

2 100% for Crusaders

Total Votes: 8

Leading Bookmakers Odds

1	X	2
4.50	3.50	1.60
4.75	4.20	1.62
4.75	3.50	1.65
4.50	3.50	1.67

1X	12	X2
1.99	1.19	1.11
2.30	1.25	1.20
2.10	1.22	1.16
1.96	1.22	1.13

Draw No Bet		Dnb1	Dnb2

Goals	Under	Over
1.5	5.25	1.16
1.5	4.75	1.15
2.5	2.35	1.50
2.5	2.40	1.53
2.5	2.30	1.57
3.5	1.60	2.30
3.5	1.53	2.35

BTS		Yes	No

*** Odds are pre-match odds and they are accurate at last update 21.12.2013 12:04. They may vary at this moment.

Match and Teams Details

Home team is from Ballymena, away team is from Belfast. Distance between them is 38.2 km. Match will take place on stadium Ballymena Showgrounds, which has capacity 4 100 persons and seats capacity 3 050. Pictures from Google maps stadium Ballymena Showgrounds. Match will start in 15:00 local time.

Ballymena United - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
17.12.2013	Irish League Cup	Crusaders	3 - 3	Ballymena United	1.35	4.60	6.50
14.12.2013	NIFL Premiership	Glenavon	0 - 0	Ballymena United	1.95	3.47	3.25
07.12.2013	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.59	3.81	4.48
30.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Ballinamallard United	2.11	3.37	2.92
23.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Warrenpoint Town	0 - 2	Ballymena United	2.72	3.39	2.22
16.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	4 - 2	Ards FC	1.76	3.52	3.89
12.11.2013	Irish League Cup	Ballymena United	4 - 0	Portadown	3.00	3.75	1.95
09.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Cliftonville	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.44	4.17	5.58
02.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	3 - 4	Glentoran	3.65	3.46	1.83
26.10.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 4	Linfield	5.69	4.04	1.46

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

Current Info

Crusaders - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
17.12.2013	Irish League Cup	Crusaders	3 - 3	Ballymena United	1.35	4.60	6.50
14.12.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	0 - 0	Glentoran	1.71	3.56	4.14
07.12.2013	NIFL Premiership	Dungannon Swifts	0 - 1	Crusaders	4.40	3.74	1.62
30.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Ards FC	1 - 4	Crusaders	6.14	4.02	1.44
23.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	4 - 0	Coleraine	1.51	3.88	5.11
16.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 1	Ballinamallard United	1.43	3.94	6.38
12.11.2013	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 1	Crusaders	2.25	3.40	2.60
09.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Glenavon	2 - 2	Crusaders	3.77	3.85	1.70
02.11.2013	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	0 - 1	Crusaders	2.41	3.32	2.55
26.10.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 0	Warrenpoint Town	1.25	5.08	8.68

Overall form: 6 wins and 4 draws in last 10 played matches.
Away form: 3 wins and 2 draws in last 5 away matches.

Current Info

Head to Head

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
17.12.2013	Irish League Cup	Crusaders	3 - 3	Ballymena United	1.35	4.60	6.50
17.08.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	1 - 2	Ballymena United	1.36	4.50	6.50
19.01.2013	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	5 - 1	Ballymena United	1.65	3.55	4.55
10.11.2012	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 1	Crusaders	3.50	3.33	1.92
18.08.2012	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	0 - 0	Ballymena United	1.73	3.52	4.05
20.01.2012	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 2	Ballymena United	1.48	3.94	5.74
15.10.2011	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	3 - 2	Ballymena United	1.55	3.56	5.40
20.08.2011	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 3	Crusaders	3.09	3.20	2.07
01.03.2011	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 3	Crusaders	3.21	3.23	2.03
18.01.2011	Irish Cup	Ballymena United	0 - 2	Crusaders	2.49	3.20	2.48

In last 10 head to head matches home team has 2 wins, away team has 5 wins and 3 times draw. On stadium of home team Ballymena United there were 4 matches played, home team has 1 win, away team has 3 wins and no draws.

NIFL Premiership Standing to 21.12.2013

№	Team	MP	W	D	L	GS	GC	G	Pts
1	Linfield	20	13	3	4	43	23	+20	42
2	Crusaders	20	11	7	2	37	15	+22	40
3	Cliftonville	20	11	5	4	44	28	+16	38
4	Portadown	20	10	5	5	46	25	+21	35
5	Glentoran	20	9	7	4	30	21	+9	34
6	Glenavon	20	7	5	8	39	37	+2	26
7	Dungannon Swifts	20	7	4	9	27	33	-6	25
8	Ballymena United	20	7	3	10	28	35	-7	24
9	Ballinamallard United	20	7	3	10	20	40	-20	24
10	Coleraine	20	4	6	10	30	41	-11	18
11	Warrenpoint Town	20	4	4	12	21	42	-21	16
12	Ards FC	20	4	0	16	28	53	-25	12

Current Standing

Played Matches in the League

Ballymena United
Crusaders
Home
Away

League Matches vs. Other Teams

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

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

Standing in League

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Position	8	2
Points	24	40
	Home	Away
Position	8	3
Points	13	19

League Form

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Wins Draws Losses	7 3 10	11 7 2
	Home	Away
Wins Draws Losses	4 1 5	5 4 1

Goals in League

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Scored Conceded	28 35	37 15
	Home	Away
Scored Conceded	19 22	16 7