Ballymena United 2-0 Glentoran FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - League Cup, 7 Jan 2025

Ballymena United
2-0
Glentoran FC
📅07/01/2025 · 🕒00:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 ✗ 2nd Score 1-0 ✗
North Ireland - League Cup – 2024/2025

Ballymena United vs Glentoran FC Prediction — Model Probabilities

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
33%
4.71
Draw
23%
3.72
Away
44%
1.6
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.71
Over 2.5
49%
2.03
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
2.09
No
53%
1.66
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
2.68
2-3 Goals
40%
1.71
4-5 Goals
23%
3.91
6+ Goals
10%
18.6
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
8%
9.24
1/2
6%
26.0
1/X
6%
18.8
X/1 EV+
19%
10.65
X/2
14%
3.56
X/X
11%
4.96
2/1
6%
34.5
2/2
24%
2.09
2/X
6%
17.85
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
33%
Home Win
18%
+15.3pp
23%
Draw
24%
-0.5pp
43%
Away Win
58%
-14.8pp
51%
Under 2.5
55%
-4.0pp
49%
Over 2.5
45%
+4.0pp
47%
BTTS Yes
44%
+3.6pp
53%
BTTS No
56%
-3.6pp
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.

Ballymena United v Glentoran FC — Team-Based Signals

PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Ballymena United EU Bookmakers 21%
Head to Head
AWAY Glentoran FC EU Bookmakers 62%
-30% / -30% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
+13% / -27% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) – / –
43% Ball Possession 57%
9 Total Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 7
215 · 68% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 405 · 79%
– Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area –
– Crosses –
– Yellow Cards –

Ballymena United vs Glentoran FC Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings

H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Ballymena United
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Glentoran FC
0.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
39% Ball Possession 61%
6 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 2
The Meetings
14.09.2024 Ballymena United Ballymena United 1-0 HT 0-0 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
18.11.2023 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 5-0 HT 4-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
25.08.2023 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-2 HT 0-1 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
14.03.2023 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 1-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
17.02.2023 Ballymena United Ballymena United 1-3 HT 1-1 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
10.01.2023 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 0-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
POST-MATCH Ballymena United vs Glentoran FC
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Ballymena United saw off Glentoran FC 2-0.

Our pre-match lean was Glentoran FC at 43%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 47%.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Glentoran FC led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.33 goals for Ballymena United and 1.83 for Glentoran FC.

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

Ballymena United 2-0 Glentoran FC in the North Ireland - League Cup on 07/01/2025. 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 Glentoran FC?

Before kick-off our model rated an Glentoran FC win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Ballymena United 33%, draw 23%, Glentoran FC 43%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5, BTTS No — while Match Result (Glentoran FC) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Glentoran FC) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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