About Match
The table reads 2nd (H&W Welders, 15 pts) against 9th (Ards, 7 pts), 8 points apart. Against a league average of 1.71 goals per team per game, H&W Welders run at 2.17 scored and 0.67 conceded, Ards at 1.67 and 1.83. Victory would move H&W Welders to 18 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
H&W Welders arrive on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Ards have lost three in a row. Over the last five, H&W Welders have taken 12 of 15 points to Ards's 4.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for H&W Welders, 1 draw and 5 for Ards, at 3.27 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 27% of meetings won. 64% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 55%. 4.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.27.
The venue is Blanchflower Stadium in Belfast, with room for 3,000 spectators.