Crusaders vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on February 15th, 2025

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

Stadium and City where Crusaders vs Ballymena United will occur

The game takes place in the small Seaview stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 3383 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Crusaders vs Ballymena United 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 2.52 goals per match played.

Crusaders last match

Crusaders arrives from a victory in the last match they played. The contest against Larne, valid for the Premiership, ended with a score of 0-1 in favor of the team.

In this game we witnessed an incredible upset! The winning odds of 4.33 ensured the unexpected triumph of the Underdogs.

Ballymena United last match

On the other hand, the visiting team appears in this match after drawing in the previous game. In a confrontation valid for Premiership, Ballymena United faced the Linfield team, and the score ended with a 2-2 draw.

The other team was the big favorite for this match, therefore the draw (odd 4.33) ended up being a good result.

Crusaders vs Ballymena United h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Premiership season. The match, played on 26-10-2024, recorded the 1-0 win for Crusaders.

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

The Crusaders team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Ballymena United team, which won only 1 game.

Crusaders

Premiership leaderboard now

The Crusaders team with 40 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 12 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses.

The team has no advantage against the Dungannon Swifts team who holds the 3rd place in the 29th round.

Crusaders analysis

Crusaders after 28 matchdays have scored 34 goals and conceded 39 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

While Ballymena United has only managed to convert 30 of their 1860 attacks into goals, Crusaders has been much more successful with 1973 attacks and 34 goals.

Best goalscorer from Crusaders

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Jordan Forsythe. The Midfielder has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Crusaders avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

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

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

With 33 points won, Ballymena United is in 9th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 10 wins against 12 losses, plus 3 draws.

Ballymena United analysis

After 28 rounds, Ballymena United has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 33 goals so far and scored 30 times.

Ballymena United is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

Ballymena United is not among the teams that kick more often towards the target, with only 2.92 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 1.2 accomplishments per game, meaning that it has scored a goal on 40 percent of the occasions it has gotten to the shot.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Ben Kennedy has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Ballymena United with 12 goals this season, the Midfielder has been a key player in winning triumphs.

It should also be noted that 6 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Crusaders boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Ballymena United, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

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 Crusaders is Jordan Forsythe, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Ballymena United is Ben Kennedy, he has scored in 12 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 3.12 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Crusaders has an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game over the 28 rounds, while Ballymena United has an average of 2.4. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.04 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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