Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on December 14th, 2024

Ballymena United and Dungannon Swifts will face each other in a Premiership game in Northern Ireland on Saturday, December 14th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), check the Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts will occur

The game takes place 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

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Introduction to the Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts 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 2.59 goals per match played.

Ballymena United last match

Ballymena United is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Carrick Rangers in a match valid for Premiership, and the match ended 1-2.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 3.60.

Dungannon Swifts last match

Dungannon Swifts appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Irish League Cup game, the team faced Crusaders, and the score ended with a 2-0.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 2-2 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

The odds of show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Premiership match, on 24-08-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, which ended with a 1-0 win for Dungannon Swifts.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

Considering the home team Ballymena United, standing in 7th place with 27 points in the Premiership competition in Northern Ireland. Their performance statistics have been such as 9 wins, 9 losses and, 0 draws.

In the 21st round, the team has the same score as opposed to Crusaders who places just above in 6th place.

Ballymena United analysis

At the end of round 20 in Premiership, Ballymena United scored 22 goals and conceded 22 goals.

The Ballymena United team comes from a defeat in the Premiership, and its coach Jim Ervin wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Ballymena United has a ball possession average of 45.13% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Ballymena United vs Dungannon Swifts 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

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.

Dungannon Swifts

Premiership leaderboard now

The Dungannon Swifts team with 30 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 9 wins, 3 draws, and 7 losses.

In the 21st round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point compared to the Cliftonville team which is just above, in 2nd place.

Dungannon Swifts analysis

Dungannon Swifts counted 26 goals scored and 23 conceded at the end of Premiership day number 20.

Dungannon Swifts average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 2.79 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 1.37. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

This is a top 5 team in the Premiership that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Best goalscorer from Dungannon Swifts

John McGovern has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Dungannon Swifts to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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 Dungannon Swifts is John McGovern, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Dungannon Swifts scores an average of 1.2 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.16 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.55 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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