Ballymena United vs Linfield

Ballymena United face Linfield in the Premiership on Friday 13 November 2026, kick-off 19:45 UTC at Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena.

Ballymena United are 9th with 16 points from 13 games, while Linfield are 1st with 36. That leaves Linfield 20 points ahead.

At home this season Ballymena United average 1.0 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game; on the road Linfield average 1.9 scored and 0.9 conceded. Ballymena United have kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times; Linfield have 7 clean sheets and 1 blank.

Ballymena United have scored 6 and conceded 4 in their last 4 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Linfield have scored 10 and conceded 5 in their last 5 matches, with 4 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4.

Ballymena United come into this fixture with a recent record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, while Linfield have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the same window. Ballymena United currently sit 9th on 16 points, with Linfield placed 1st on 36 points. Across the last 5 head-to-head meetings, 11 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 2 of them. Both teams scored in 2 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings, backing the BTTS selection. The Both Teams To Score selection (BTTS) is assigned a 57.8% probability at odds of 1.73.

• Linfield have the better recent form (11 pts vs 8 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Ballymena United have scored 18 goals this season compared with 24 for Linfield.
• Defensively, Ballymena United have conceded 17 and Linfield have conceded 11.
• League positions: Ballymena United 9th, Linfield 1st.
• Ballymena United have won 2 of 5 home matches in this competition.
• Linfield have won 5 of 7 away matches in this competition.

• Ballymena United have failed to score in 2 of 13 games and Linfield in 1 of 15.
• Clean sheets this season: Ballymena United 3, Linfield 7.
• Both teams scored in 3 of Ballymena United's last 4 matches.
• Both teams scored in 4 of Linfield's last 5 matches.
• Both sides scored in 2 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings.

In the last 5 meetings, Ballymena United have won 2, Linfield have won 3 and 0 ended level. The most recent, on 8 August 2026, finished Linfield 0-3 Ballymena United.