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Ballymena United

Vs

Linfield

Since 03/09/2022

BU wins

Draws

LIN wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

8 Ballymen… · 26 Linfield

Goals per game

2.62

both sides combined

Over 1.5

85%

of meetings

Over 2.5

54%

of meetings

BTTS

23%

of meetings

Last meeting

0-3

08 Aug 2026

Next game

–

none scheduled

Ballymena United vs Linfield: the head-to-head

The rivalry between Ballymena United and Linfield has taken on a stark imbalance since 2022, with Linfield dominating every encounter. In the 13 meetings recorded, Linfield has secured 10 victories, Ballymena United has won twice and there has been one draw. The average total goals per game across these fixtures is 2.62, with Linfield contributing 26 goals to Ballymena United’s 8. Over 85% of the matches have produced two or more goals, and just over half - 54% - have seen three or more. Both sides have managed to score together in only 23% of the games. The latest clash, held on 8 August 2026 at Linfield’s ground, finished 0-3 in favour of the hosts. When Ballymena United hosts, they have won once, drawn once and lost four times; away from home they have won once and lost six times. The record reflects a clear disparity in performance between the two clubs.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

01Head-to-head record⚖

Ballymena United

Linfield

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 13 games between these two clubs

15%

win %

77%

2.62

avg goals

2.62

85%

over 1.5 %

85%

54%

over 2.5 %

54%

23%

over 3.5 %

23%

0.62

scored

2.00

conceded

0.62

23%

btts

23%

15%

clean sheet

62%

Top three rows are this fixture: 13 meetings, 2 to Ballymena United, 1 drawn, 10 to Linfield, at 2.62 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Ballymena United

Won at home

17%

1 of 6 home meetings

Won away

14%

1 of 7 away meetings

Drawn

1 of 13 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Linfield

Won at home

86%

6 of 7 home meetings

Won away

67%

4 of 6 away meetings

Drawn

1 of 13 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Ballymena…
08 Aug 2026	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	0-3	Ballymena United	W	view
31 Jan 2026	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-1	Ballymena United	L	view
25 Oct 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-1	Ballymena United	L	view
16 Sep 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	1-0	Linfield	W	view
07 Feb 2025	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	2-2	Linfield	D	view
09 Nov 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-0	Ballymena United	L	view
10 Aug 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	0-2	Linfield	L	view
24 Feb 2024	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	2-0	Ballymena United	L	view
25 Nov 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	4-0	Ballymena United	L	view
18 Aug 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	0-1	Linfield	L	view
21 Jan 2023	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Linfield	3-0	Ballymena United	L	view
18 Nov 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	0-2	Linfield	L	view
03 Sep 2022	Northern-Ireland - Premiership	Ballymena United	0-4	Linfield	L	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Ballymena United · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.0

Avg scored

1.5

Avg conceded

1.5

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.17	1.60	1.13	1.33	1.20	1.87
vs Stronger (12)	1.00	1.58	0.80	1.60	1.14	1.57
vs Similar (18)	1.28	1.61	1.30	1.20	1.25	2.12
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	13% (-16pp vs league)

Linfield · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.7

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

1.4

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.43 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.67	1.00	1.94	1.00	1.31	1.00
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (13)	0.62	1.23	0.62	1.12	0.60	1.40
vs Weaker (17)	2.47	0.82	3.11	0.89	1.75	0.75
Clean sheet %	37% (+7pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Ballymena United

WDDWDLLWLL

Last 10: 15 scored, 15 conceded.

Linfield

DWLLLWLWWW

Last 10: 13 scored, 14 conceded.

Ballymena United

Home · last 10

DWDLDWDDLL

2 won · 11 scored, 13 conceded

Away · last 10

LLLLLDWLWL

2 won · 13 scored, 18 conceded

Linfield

Home · last 10

WWWLLLWLWW

6 won · 17 scored, 13 conceded

Away · last 10

DWWWDLLDWW

5 won · 15 scored, 8 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Ballymena United

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored29% / 71%

Conceded67% / 33%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 4 games. Most goals land in 46-60'.

From this fixture only: 4 of 13 meetings have goal timings on record. See Ballymena United's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Linfield

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored67% / 33%

Conceded29% / 71%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 4 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 4 of 13 meetings have goal timings on record. See Linfield's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Coleraine FC	4	10	75%	2.5	8	1	+7	2.2	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	2.0	0.2	-
2	Carrick Rangers	4	9	75%	2.2	7	3	+4	2.5	75%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.8	0.8	-
3	Dungannon Swifts	4	9	75%	2.2	6	3	+3	2.2	75%	25%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	0	1	1	1.5	0.8	-
4	Crusaders FC	4	9	75%	2.2	8	6	+2	3.5	100%	100%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	2.0	1.5	-
5	Linfield	4	9	75%	2.2	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
6	Glentoran	4	6	50%	1.5	6	4	+2	2.5	100%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	3	1	1	1	1.5	1.0	-
7	Cliftonville FC	4	6	50%	1.5	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.2	1.0	-
8	Ballymena United	3	3	33%	1.0	4	4	+0	2.7	100%	67%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	1	1	1	1.3	1.3	-
9	Larne	1	1	0%	1.0	0	0	+0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	4	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	-
10	Limavady United	3	0	0%	0.0	1	6	-5	2.3	100%	33%	0%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	0	0	0	0	0.3	2.0	-
11	Portadown	4	0	0%	0.0	2	8	-6	2.5	50%	50%	25%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	1	1	0	1	0.5	2.0	-
12	Bangor	3	0	0%	0.0	0	9	-9	3.0	100%	67%	33%	-	0%	-	0%	-	0%	2	0	1	1	0.0	3.0	-

Northern-Ireland - Premiership 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Northern-Ireland - Premiership stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

Ballymena UnitedLinfield

€2.3m

squad value

€2.4m

€2.5m

attack

€2.9m

€1.0m

midfield

€2.3m

€3.2m

defence

€4.5m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Linfield carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Ballymena United

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
14 Mar	vs Carrick Rangers	2-1	W
21 Mar	@ Cliftonville FC	2-2	D
07 Apr	vs Glenavon FC	1-1	D
11 Apr	@ Carrick Rangers	3-2	W
15 Apr	vs Bangor	0-0	D
18 Apr	vs Portadown	1-2	L
25 Apr	@ Crusaders FC	2-3	L
08 Aug	@ Linfield	3-0	W
15 Aug	@ Crusaders FC	1-2	L
21 Aug	vs Glentoran	0-2	L

Linfield

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
28 Mar	@ Glentoran	1-1	D
07 Apr	@ Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
11 Apr	vs Larne	0-2	L
18 Apr	vs Coleraine FC	0-3	L
25 Apr	vs Cliftonville FC	1-2	L
12 May	vs Dungannon Swifts	3-1	W
08 Aug	vs Ballymena United	0-3	L
15 Aug	vs Glentoran	2-1	W
21 Aug	vs Cliftonville FC	1-0	W
29 Aug	@ Limavady United	2-0	W