Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Ballinamallard United (3rd, 51 pts) held a 24-point advantage over Dergview (5th, 27 pts). Dergview's recent output lagged their position: 23rd on form over five rounds while 5th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Ballinamallard United 10.2 scored and 10.2 conceded per game, Dergview 8.2 and 15.8, with the league averaging 3.03.
Dergview had gone 7 games without a win.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Ballinamallard United, 1 draw and 2 for Dergview, at 2.25 goals per meeting. 75% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Ferney Park, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. Ballinamallard United led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Ballinamallard United: D. Byrne (26'), D. Barker (1')