About Match
The table reads 1st (Newington Youth, 16 pts) against 9th (Ards, 7 pts), 9 points apart. Per game in the league, Newington Youth score 2.5 and conceding 0.83, Ards 1.67 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.71 goals per team per game. Three points here take Ards to 10 and up to 5th, assuming other results stand.
Momentum sits with Newington Youth, winners of their last four, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Ards enter with three losses in a row. Newington Youth have banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Ards, 4.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Newington Youth, 3 draws and 3 for Ards, at 3.3 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match takes place at Seaview in Belfast (capacity 3,383).