Ballymena United 2-2 Linfield FC — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - Premier League, 7 Feb 2025

📅07/02/2025 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-2
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
23%
5.4
Draw
25%
4.08
Away
52%
1.46
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.91
Over 2.5
49%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.99
No
50%
1.73
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
3.18
2-3 Goals
39%
1.74
4-5 Goals
23%
3.33
6+ Goals
12%
12.75
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
9%
11.2
1/2
14%
23.4
1/X
7%
20.05
X/1
8%
12.75
X/2
19%
3.77
X/X
10%
5.71
2/1
6%
34.5
2/2
19%
1.8
2/X
8%
17.5
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
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Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
23%
Home Win
15%
+7.6pp
25%
Draw
21%
+3.9pp
52%
Away Win
64%
-11.5pp
51%
Under 2.5
48%
+2.4pp
49%
Over 2.5
52%
-2.4pp
50%
BTTS Yes
46%
+3.8pp
50%
BTTS No
54%
-3.8pp
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 18%
Head to Head
AWAY Linfield FC EU Bookmakers 69%
+17% / +29% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +5% / +18%
1.50/1.62 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.40/0.72
+57% / +22% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +19% / +29%
44% Ball Possession 56%
11 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 7
270 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 417 · 82%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
2.6 Yellow Cards 1.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Ballymena United
0W-0D-6L
AWAY Linfield FC
0.00 Avg Goals (FT) 2.17
37% Ball Possession 63%
6 Total Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 1
09.11.2024 Linfield FC Linfield FC 2-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
10.08.2024 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-2 HT 0-0 Linfield FC Linfield FC KİRL
24.02.2024 Linfield FC Linfield FC 2-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
03.02.2024 Linfield FC Linfield FC 2-0 HT 1-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRK
25.11.2023 Linfield FC Linfield FC 4-0 HT 2-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
18.08.2023 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-1 HT 0-0 Linfield FC Linfield FC KİRL
POST-MATCH Ballymena United vs Linfield FC
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Ballymena United and Linfield FC couldn't be separated, finishing 2-2. Half-time: 1-1.

Our pre-match lean was Linfield FC at 52%, 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 50%.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Linfield FC led the recent series with 6 wins. Those games averaged 0.00 goals for Ballymena United and 2.17 for Linfield FC.

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

Ballymena United 2-2 Linfield FC in the North Ireland - Premier League on 07/02/2025. 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 Linfield FC?

Before kick-off our model rated an Linfield FC win the most likely single outcome at about 52%, with the full match-result split Ballymena United 23%, draw 25%, Linfield FC 52%. The final score 2-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Linfield FC) ✗ Under 2.5
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