About Match
6 points and 3 places separate them: Ballymena United 9th with 6, Crusaders 6th with 12. Per game in the league, Ballymena United score 1.43 and conceding 1.57, Crusaders 1.63 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game. A win would lift Crusaders to 15 points and up to 4th (other results unchanged).
Ballymena United have not won in 6 games.
16 meetings are on record — 4 won by Ballymena United, 10 by Crusaders, 2 drawn, at 3.06 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 63% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 69%.
The venue is The Showgrounds in Ballymena, with room for 5,200 spectators.