Glenavon vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on October 12th, 2024

Glenavon and Ballymena United will be playing against each other on Saturday, October 12th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a Premiership football game in Northern Ireland, check the Glenavon vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Glenavon vs Ballymena United will occur

The game will be played in the small Mourneview Park stadium, in the city of Lurgan, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Glenavon 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 2.56 goals per match played.

Glenavon last match

Glenavon in its last official match won (2-1) against Portadown, in a match valid for Premiership.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.20.

Ballymena United last match

Ballymena United appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a victory for this match. In a Premiership game, the team faced Loughgall, and the score ended with a 4-1.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.60, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Glenavon vs Ballymena United h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 30-08-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and it ended with a 3-1 win for Ballymena United.

The performance of the Ballymena United team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Glenavon team.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Glenavon

Premiership leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Glenavon comes into this game with only 13 points. The team occupies 9th place in the Premiership, saddled with a negative balance of 3 wins, 4 losses, and 4 draws.

In the 12th round, the team has the same score compared to Coleraine which is just above, in 8th place.

Glenavon, although not having high aspirations, no relegation concerns, and occupying the middle of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership, will attempt to take advantage of the home factor to get a win.

Glenavon analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Glenavon sums 10 goals for and a total of 14 goals against, after 11 rounds played.

Glenavon, with a ball possession of 47.29% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Ballymena United of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Juggling a packed schedule, Glenavon could face challenges in keeping up their performance when playing several games in a short span of time. Despite the odds pointing towards a closely contested game, Glenavon busy schedule could ultimately impact the outcome against Ballymena United.

Best goalscorer from Glenavon

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Barney McKeown. With 2 goals on his own, the Defender has been instrumental in helping the Glenavon team achieving several victories this season.

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

The Ballymena United team with 21 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 7 wins, 0 draws, and 4 losses.

Ballymena United analysis

Ballymena United after 11 days has put up 19 goals scored, and taken 13, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

Ballymena United is in that wonderful position of being the favorite after 5 wins in the Premiership.

The Ballymena United shooting average is not high, yet the accuracy of the strikers is extraordinary. If shots on target averaged only 3.27 per game, the team instead scored 1.73 goals per match. Basically, it scored a goal in 40% of attempts.

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

With Ballymena United having a balance of 3 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws when playing away in the Premiership, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Ballymena United comes into this match with 5 wins streak in the Premiership and plans to have good results in this match even as they play as the visiting team. Playing away from home, Ballymena United has only lost twice in 5 games.

Ballymena United is a more offensive team than Glenavon, having 739 attacks vs. 359 from Glenavon, having scored 19 times, in comparison, Glenavon converted into goal 10 times.

Ballymena United could face difficulties in maintaining their top form when confronted with a packed schedule featuring several games in a short span. Despite the odds pointing towards a close contest, the team's busy schedule could impact their performance against Glenavon.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Ben Kennedy. The Midfielder has scored 10 times in the current season and has helped Ballymena United come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 5 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

The under 2.5 goals market can also be a good alternative since Ballymena United scores an average of 1.6 goals per match when playing away from home, and considering that often does not suffer when playing away, it will be a betting market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.9.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 2.04 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 3.09 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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