Ballymena United 1-0 Ards FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - League Cup, 5 Nov 2024

📅05/11/2024 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
60%
1.42
Draw
20%
4.49
Away
20%
5.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.21
Over 2.5
55%
1.6
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.85
No
49%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
4.31
2-3 Goals
42%
1.88
4-5 Goals
25%
2.98
6+ Goals
12%
9.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
40%
1.71
1/2
3%
34.5
1/X
4%
19.0
X/1
14%
3.56
X/2
11%
14.15
X/X
7%
6.8
2/1
6%
21.45
2/2
6%
10.95
2/X
9%
19.5
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
60%
Home Win
66%
-6.1pp
19%
Draw
19%
+0.2pp
20%
Away Win
14%
+5.9pp
45%
Under 2.5
41%
+3.6pp
55%
Over 2.5
59%
-3.6pp
51%
BTTS Yes
50%
+0.8pp
49%
BTTS No
50%
-0.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Ballymena United EU Bookmakers 70%
Head to Head
AWAY Ards FC EU Bookmakers 17%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
/ Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) /
54% Ball Possession 46%
16 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
425 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 298 · 77%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Ballymena United
1W-0D-0L
AWAY Ards FC
4.00 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
53% Ball Possession 47%
11 Total Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 4
14.09.2022 Ards FC Ards FC 2-4 Ballymena United Ballymena United KILK
POST-MATCH Ballymena United vs Ards FC
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Ballymena United nicked a narrow win over Ards FC 1-0.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Ballymena United as the likeliest winner at 60%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (55%) — went the other way, though.

What was the final score of Ballymena United vs Ards FC?

Ballymena United 1-0 Ards FC in the North Ireland - League Cup on 05/11/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Ballymena United vs Ards FC?

Before kick-off our model rated a Ballymena United win the most likely single outcome at about 60%, with the full match-result split Ballymena United 60%, draw 19%, Ards FC 20%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Ballymena United) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Ballymena United) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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