Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership (2025 - 2026)

Saturday, 31 January, 2026
15:00

Linfield

Ballymena United

2 - 1

(1 - 0, 1 - 1)

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X 0% for Draw

2 0% for Ballymena United

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Leading Bookmakers Odds

1	X	2
1.29	4.70	8.95
1.33	4.60	8.00
1.30	4.60	8.00
1.36	4.60	7.50
1.37	4.10	7.00

1X	12	X2
1.01	1.12	3.05
1.04	1.14	2.95
1.05	1.14	3.10
1.08	1.18	2.95
1.05	1.15	2.55

Draw No Bet		Dnb1	Dnb2
		1.09	6.00
		1.11	6.00
		1.09	5.10

Goals	Under	Over
1.5	3.50	1.22
1.5	3.55	1.23
1.5	4.10	1.22
1.5	3.60	1.25
1.5	3.45	1.22
2.5	1.90	1.80
2.5	1.90	1.80
2.5	1.95	1.75
2.5	1.93	1.77
2.5	1.86	1.75
3.5	1.30	2.97
3.5	1.33	2.95
3.5	1.36	3.10
3.5	1.35	2.90
3.5	1.32	2.85

BTS		Yes	No
		2.14	1.62
		2.15	1.60
		2.15	1.67
		2.15	1.61
		1.95	1.67

*** Odds are pre-match odds and they are accurate at last update 31.01.2026 12:06. They may vary at this moment.

Match and Teams Details

Home team is from Belfast, away team is from Ballymena. Distance between them is 38.2 km. Match will take place on stadium Windsor Park, which has capacity 18 500 seats. Dimension of the field is 101 x 69 m. Pictures from Google maps stadium Windsor Park. Match will start in 15:00 local time.

Linfield - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
28.01.2026	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.35	4.23	7.12
24.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	0 - 1	Linfield	6.05	4.25	1.42
16.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	0 - 0	Larne	2.25	3.00	3.01
13.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	0 - 0	Linfield	4.03	3.55	1.73
10.01.2026	Irish Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Bangor FC	1.23	5.30	9.78
03.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	6 - 1	Bangor FC	1.30	4.70	7.97
30.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Coleraine	3 - 1	Linfield	1.98	3.27	3.33
26.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	0 - 1	Glentoran	1.90	3.19	3.71
20.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Glenavon	2 - 1	Linfield	7.46	4.48	1.33
13.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	4 - 0	Crusaders	1.25	5.10	8.81

Overall form: 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in last 10 played matches.
Home form: 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in last 6 home matches.

Current Info

Ballymena United - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
28.01.2026	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.35	4.23	7.12
17.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Dungannon Swifts	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.83	3.30	3.82
13.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 2	Cliftonville	3.61	3.33	1.88
30.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Bangor FC	2 - 0	Ballymena United	2.30	3.19	2.78
26.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Coleraine	5.66	3.98	1.47
20.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Carrick Rangers	2.21	3.28	2.82
13.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	1 - 0	Ballymena United	2.34	3.23	2.68
06.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 2	Dungannon Swifts	2.44	3.16	2.61
02.12.2025	Irish League Cup	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Larne	3.33	3.30	1.97
29.11.2025	NIFL Premiership	Glenavon	3 - 1	Ballymena United	3.10	3.30	2.07

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

Current Info

Head to Head

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
28.01.2026	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.35	4.23	7.12
25.10.2025	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.35	4.49	7.18
16.09.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 0	Linfield	4.42	3.49	1.68
07.02.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 2	Linfield	6.22	4.11	1.41
09.11.2024	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.29	5.01	7.70
10.08.2024	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 2	Linfield	6.93	4.54	1.38
24.02.2024	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.19	6.06	11.89
03.02.2024	Irish Cup	Linfield	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.20	5.72	9.58
25.11.2023	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	4 - 0	Ballymena United	1.08	9.33	23.33
18.08.2023	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 1	Linfield	8.49	5.09	1.29

In last 10 head to head matches home team has 8 wins, away team has 1 win and 1 time draw. On stadium of home team Linfield there were 6 matches played, home team has 6 wins, away team has no wins and no draws.

NIFL Premiership Standing to 31.01.2026

№	Team	MP	W	D	L	GS	GC	G	Pts
1	Larne	25	18	5	2	43	11	+32	59
2	Coleraine	26	16	3	7	53	25	+28	51
3	Glentoran	23	14	4	5	39	24	+15	46
4	Linfield	24	12	7	5	36	16	+20	43
5	Dungannon Swifts	25	13	1	11	32	39	-7	40
6	Cliftonville	22	8	7	7	31	30	+1	31
7	Bangor FC	25	9	4	12	30	39	-9	31
8	Portadown	24	9	1	14	30	42	-12	28
9	Carrick Rangers	24	7	5	12	33	41	-8	26
10	Ballymena United	24	7	4	13	28	37	-9	25
11	Crusaders	25	7	3	15	31	50	-19	24
12	Glenavon	25	4	0	21	19	51	-32	12

Current Standing

Played Matches in the League

Linfield
Ballymena United
Home
Away

League Matches vs. Other Teams

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

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

Standing in League

	Linfield	Ballymena United
Position	4	10
Points	43	25
	Home	Away
Position	3	9
Points	29	13

League Form

	Linfield	Ballymena United
Wins Draws Losses	12 7 5	7 4 13
	Home	Away
Wins Draws Losses	9 2 1	4 1 8

Goals in League

	Linfield	Ballymena United
Scored Conceded	36 16	28 37
	Home	Away
Scored Conceded	26 5	14 21