Ballymena United vs Loughgall betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on October 05th, 2024

Ballymena United and Loughgall will meet each other in a football match counting for Premiership on October 05th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Ballymena United vs Loughgall betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Ballymena United vs Loughgall 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

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Ballymena United vs Loughgall 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 2.47 goals per match played.

Ballymena United last match

In the last match they played, Ballymena United collected a win. The opposing team was Portadown, and the match - which ended with the result of 0-1 - was valid for Premiership.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.35, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Loughgall 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 Irish League Cup, Loughgall faced the Armagh City team, and the score ended with a 2-3 for their rivals.

With odds of , it is clear that defeat was not in anyone's plans for this match. The team was the clear favorite for the win, but they could do nothing to avoid defeat.

Ballymena United vs Loughgall h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Premiership season. The match, played on 06-04-2024, recorded the 2-3 win for Ballymena United.

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

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

The Ballymena United team with 18 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 6 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 1 point, in the 11th round, with the Dungannon Swifts team in hot pursuit at 3rd place.

Ballymena United analysis

Ballymena United after 10 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 15 goals and conceded only 12 to opponents.

Ballymena United does not average a high number of shots, but in terms of accuracy, the team's results are really good. The team, in fact, averaged 2.8 shots towards the opponent's goal in each match, averaging 1.5 goals. In fact, 2 out of every 5 shots end up in the net.

Over the course of the tournament, Ballymena United recorded an average ball possession of 44.88%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Ballymena United will play against Loughgall, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Ballymena United has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 15 times with 629 attacks, while Loughgall has only scored 9 times with 436 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Ben Kennedy. The Midfielder has already scored 9 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Ballymena United, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Loughgall

Premiership leaderboard now

With 5 points won, Loughgall is in 11th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 7 losses, plus 2 draws.

Which means that the team is over Carrick Rangers team who is in the position 12 in the 11th round and has a 2 points disadvantage.

Loughgall analysis

We have reached matchday 10 in Premiership and at the moment Loughgall has made 9 goals and conceded 26.

Recent performances have shown that Loughgall is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

With an average of 0.9 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Loughgall

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Jordan Gibson. The Attacker has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Loughgall come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

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 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Loughgall is Jordan Gibson, he has scored in 3 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 Loughgall scores an average of 0.6 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 2.05.

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

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 2.4 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.8 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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