Ballymena United vs Coleraine betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on October 19th, 2024

Ballymena United will be playing against Coleraine in a Premiership football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 19th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Ballymena United vs Coleraine betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ballymena United vs Coleraine will occur

The game is set to be played in the small The Showgrounds stadium, in the city of Ballymena, with a capacity for 5200 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Ballymena United vs Coleraine betting tip 2024/2025

The Premiership has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.11 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.55 goals per match played.

Ballymena United last match

Ballymena United is coming off a win. In its last outing they faced Glenavon in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 0-1.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.40, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Coleraine last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Coleraine faced the Carrick Rangers team, and the score ended with a 2-1 for their rivals.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.75, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Ballymena United vs Coleraine h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Premiership season. The match, played on 16-08-2024, recorded the 4-2 win for Coleraine.

The Ballymena United team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Coleraine has been more irregular.

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

The Ballymena United team with 24 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the Linfield team closing in at the 2nd place in the 13th round.

Ballymena United analysis

At the end of round 12 Ballymena United has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 20 goals to its credit against 13 conceded.

Ballymena United is not among the teams that kick more often towards the target, with only 3.17 shots on goal per match on average. But it must be said that when it does attack, it does so accurately. Right now it averages 1.67 accomplishments per game, meaning that it has scored a goal on 40 percent of the occasions it has gotten to the shot.

With 45.33% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Ballymena United can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Coleraine they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

Ballymena United has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 794 attacks resulting in 20 goals. Coleraine, on the other hand, has only scored 15 times with 477 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Ben Kennedy. With 11 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Ballymena United team achieving several victories this season.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 6 of the 11 goals scored have this characteristic.

Coleraine

Premiership leaderboard now

With 13 points won, Coleraine is in 9th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 3 wins against 4 losses, plus 4 draws.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 13th round that the Glenavon team in 10th place.

Coleraine analysis

Coleraine counted 15 goals scored and 16 conceded at the end of Premiership day number 12.

Best goalscorer from Coleraine

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Matthew Shevlin. With 5 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Coleraine team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Ballymena United is Ben Kennedy, who has already scored 11 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Coleraine is Matthew Shevlin, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

The bet on under 2.5 goals can be a good alternative, since generally Coleraine does not concede goals as a visitor. Coleraine also averages 1 goal per match when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 2.38 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.58 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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