Larne vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on January 25th, 2025

A football match between Larne and Ballymena United of the Premiership will take place in Northern Ireland on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), check the Larne vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Larne vs Ballymena United will occur

The game will be played in the small Inver Park stadium, in the city of Larne, with a capacity for 1100 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Larne 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Larne last match

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.00 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Ballymena United last match

Ballymena United appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a draw for this match. In a Premiership game, the team faced Carrick Rangers, and the score ended with a 0-0 draw.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.40.

Larne vs Ballymena United h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 07-09-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Premiership, and the match ended with a 0-1 win for Ballymena United.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Larne

Premiership leaderboard now

Considering the home team Larne, standing in 7th place with 32 points in the Premiership competition in Northern Ireland. Their performance statistics have been such as 9 wins, 4 losses and, 5 draws.

Which means that the team is over Ballymena United team who is in the position 8 in the 27th round and both have the same score.

Larne analysis

Currently, Larne has a tally of 22 goals scored and 13 goals against, at the end of round 26 of Premiership.

Ball possession above 50% usually gives teams some control over their opponents. This is why the Larne team typically goes for an average ball possession of 56.33% in an attempt to control the game.

Best goalscorer from Larne

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Andrew Ryan. With 5 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Larne 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, 4 of the 5 goals scored have this characteristic.

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

With 32 points won, Ballymena United is in 8th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 10 wins against 11 losses, plus 2 draws.

In the 27th round, the team has the same number of points compared to the Larne team which is just above, in 7th place.

Ballymena United analysis

Currently, in the Premiership, Ballymena United sums 27 goals for and a total of 29 goals against, after 26 rounds played.

Recent games have demonstrated that Ballymena United is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

It is true that the average number of shots towards the target is not high, but the shooting accuracy of the Ballymena United players, in contrast, is remarkable. The club averaged 2.83 shots per match, with 1.17 goals scored in each match: thus, the team scored 2 goals for every 5 shots kicked toward the goal.

With Ballymena United having a balance of 6 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws when playing away in the Premiership, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Ballymena United is a more offensive team than Larne, having 1683 attacks vs. 1310 from Larne, having scored 27 times, in comparison, Larne converted into goal 22 times.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Ben Kennedy. The Midfielder has scored 12 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 6 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

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 Larne is Andrew Ryan, 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.

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Since Ballymena United has an average of 1.25 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 3.39 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.92 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Ballymena United side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Larne who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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