Ballymena United vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on August 21st, 2024

Ballymena United and Crusaders will on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 at 18:45h (UTC), play in a Premiership football game in Northern Ireland, check the Ballymena United vs Crusaders betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ballymena United vs Crusaders will occur

The game will be played in the small The Showgrounds stadium, in the city of Ballymena, with a capacity for 5200 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

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

Ballymena United comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Coleraine, in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 4-2.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 1.73, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Crusaders faced the Glentoran team, and the score ended in favor with a 0-1.

A win for the home team had odds of 3.10, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

The last time these teams met was for a Premiership match, on 09-03-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 2-4 win for Crusaders.

Ballymena United

Current leaderboard

Currently ranked 12th place in the table, Ballymena United has 0 points gained up to 3rd round.

Ballymena United analysis

After 2 rounds, Ballymena United has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 6 goals so far and scored 2 times.

his average possession rate in the league is 46%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Ballymena United vs Crusaders 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Crusaders

Current leaderboard

Crusaders is currently in 5th place in the league after the 3rd round, having won 3 points from their games so far this season.

This will be the second game this season in which the Crusaders team will play as a visitor. They managed to get a victory over Glentoran in the first one by 0-1.

Crusaders analysis

Crusaders counted 1 goals scored and 0 conceded at the end of Premiership day number 2.

The average number of shots towards goal for Crusaders is not among the best, with only 4 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 1 per game.

Goals Top Betting Tips

The number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the beginning of the championship round can be a good betting parameter. In the last round of the competition, Ballymena United didn't score any goal and conceded in 6 opportunities, whilst Crusaders scored 1 time and didn't concede any goal.

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