Crusaders vs Ballymena Prediction 20 September 2025
🔈How will refereeing decisions affect the course and outcome of the match? We will find out all about this over the 90 minutes of the match between the teams Crusaders and Ballymena United. The confrontation of the Premiership tournament is scheduled for 14:00 on 20 September. As of today, bookmakers have set the following odds for wins: and .
Head-to-Head
The last official encounter between the teams took place on 15 February 2025 and ended with a scoreline of 3:1. Here's a comparative breakdown of that match (home team - Crusaders):
- ball possession percentage: 56% vs 44%;
- corner kicks: 4 vs 4;
- fouls: 0 vs 0;
- yellow cards: 8 vs 2;
- shots on target: 4 vs 4.
📊 Statistical preview of official matches between the teams Crusaders and Ballymena United:
- played 53 matches;
- number of wins for the home team - 36, for the away team - 11, draws - 6;
- number of goals - 107 against 55;
- average total in the 1st half - 1.36, in the 2nd half - 1.7;
- average total goals in the match - 3.06.
Head-to-head statistics Crusaders - Ballymena

Crusaders Team Overview
The team's last official match took place on 16 September 2025 as part of the Premiership tournament (home team - Larne, away team - Crusaders). The match concluded with a scoreline of 4:0.
Here are the game statistics (Crusaders vs Larne):
- ball possession: 50% vs 50%;
- corner kicks: 3 vs 7;
- yellow cards: 1 vs 0;
- shots on target: 0 vs 11.
- 2 wins,
- 5 losses,
- 0 draws.
📈Currently, Crusaders stands at a mid-tier position within the Premiership standings, with a win percentage of 29% and a loss percentage of 71%.
⚽️Crusaders has scored a total of 10 goals. On the defensive end, Crusaders has allowed 17 goals over the season.
Match Results: Crusaders

Ballymena United Team Overview
The away team played their last official match on 16 September 2025 as part of the Premiership tournament (home team - Ballymena United, away - Linfield). The match ended with a score of 1:0.
Here are the game statistics (Ballymena United vs Linfield):
- ball possession: 56% vs 44%;
- corner kicks: 2 vs 11;
- yellow cards: 3 vs 2;
- shots on target: 4 vs 7.
- 4 wins,
- 3 losses,
- 0 draws.
📈Currently, Ballymena United stands at a mid-tier position within the Premiership standings, with a win percentage of 57% and a loss percentage of 43%.
⚽Ballymena United has scored a total of 11 goals. On the defensive end has allowed 7 goals over the season.
Match Results: Ballymena United
Prediction on the outcome
H2H:
- number of encounters - 53;
- home team wins - 36, away team wins - 11, draws - 6.
Statistics: Crusaders vs Ballymena United
- matches played in the tournament: 7 vs 7;
- wins: 2 vs 4;
- win percentage: 29% vs 57%;
- losses: 5 vs 3;
- draws: 0 vs 0.
Last 10 matches:
- wins: 3 vs 5;
- losses: 7 vs 5;
- draws: 0 vs 0.
- Crusaders have not won in 8 of last 9 home games.
- Crusaders have not won in 7 of last 8 home games (Premiership).
Prediction on the over/under
H2H
- today's home team scores on average - 2.02, the guests - 1.04;
- average Over/Under goals in H2H matches - 3.06;
- both teams scored: overall - 28; at the home team's field - 16.
Statistics: Crusaders vs Ballymena United
- average total in the tournament: 3.86 vs 2.57;
- average total goals scored: 1.43 vs 1.57;
- average total in the 1st half: 1 vs 0.71;
- average total in the 2nd half: 0.43 vs 0.86;
- Crusaders: average total at home in the tournament - 1;
- Ballymena United: average total away in the tournament - 1.5;
- last 10 matches (average total): 1.3 (home - 1.5) vs 1.4 (away - 1.29).
- Under 3.5 goals scored in 6 of last 7 Ballymena United away games.
Prediction on corners
- Over 8.5 corners in last 5 Ballymena United games (Premiership).
Prediction on BTTS
H2H:
- number of encounters - 53;
- both teams scored all-time - 28 times;
- on the home team’s field - 16 times.
Statistics: Crusaders vs Ballymena United
- number of matches played in the tournament: 7 vs 7;
- number of matches in the season where both teams scored (BTTS): 3 vs 1;
- number of BTTS matches for Crusaders at home - 1 (33%);
- number of BTTS matches for Ballymena United away - 1 (25%).
Last 10 matches:
- number of BTTS matches: 3 vs 2;
- BTTS matches for Crusaders at home - 1 (25%);
- BTTS matches for Ballymena United away - 2 (29%).
Editorial Prediction
- Crusaders have not won in 8 of last 9 home games.
- Crusaders have not won in 7 of last 8 home games (Premiership).
