About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Coleraine 1st with 22 points, Ballymena United 9th with 6, 16 apart. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Coleraine run at 2.25 scored and 0.63 conceded, Ballymena United at 1.43 and 1.57.
Six consecutive wins precede this game for Coleraine, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Ballymena United have not won in 6 games. Over the last five, Coleraine have taken 15 of 15 points to Ballymena United's 3.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Coleraine, 2 draws and 3 for Ballymena United, at 3.27 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 64% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 64% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 73%.
The Showgrounds in Coleraine, capacity 2,496, hosts the game.