2026/2027Who will win?
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| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusaders | L1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7/15 | 7-5 |
| Ballymena United | W1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11/15 | 14-4 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 15 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | Crusaders | 3-2 | Ballymena United |
| 2026-02-17 | Ballymena United | 2-0 | Crusaders |
| 2025-11-22 | Ballymena United | 2-2 | Crusaders |
| 2025-09-20 | Crusaders | 1-1 | Ballymena United |
| 2025-02-15 | Crusaders | 3-1 | Ballymena United |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusaders | 8 | 1 | 0 | -1 | L | 6 | +2 |
| Ballymena United | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | W | 1 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-08-15
3 points and 7 places separate them: Crusaders 8th with 0, Ballymena United 1st with 3. A win here leaves Crusaders on 3 points and up to 1st, overtaking Ballymena United, other results permitting.
Ballymena United are unbeaten in 9, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
15 meetings are on record — 9 won by Crusaders, 4 by Ballymena United, 2 drawn, at 3.07 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
