Match Report
52 points for Ards (5th), 40 for Ballyclare Comrades (5th): a 12-point gap. Ballyclare Comrades's recent output lagged their position: 23rd on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Ards were scoring 1.45 and conceding 1.5, Ballyclare Comrades 1.37 and 2.24, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Ards. The last-five ledger: Ards 10/15, Ballyclare Comrades 4/15.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ards 2, draws 1, Ballyclare Comrades 6, at 4.22 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 89% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 78%.
The match was played at Bangor Fuels Arena (capacity 2,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Ards: Eamon Scannell (66'), Conor Scannell (62'), Conor Scannell (90') · Ballyclare Comrades: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Total shots: 5-7 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 8-3