Ballymena United vs Portadown FC Prediction — Model Probabilities
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 Portadown FC — Team-Based Signals
Ballymena United vs Portadown FC Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
Portadown FC squeezed past Ballymena United 2-1 away from home. Half-time: 0-1.
Our pre-match lean was Ballymena United 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 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.
Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Portadown FC led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Ballymena United and 1.17 for Portadown FC.
What was the final score of Ballymena United vs Portadown FC?
Ballymena United 1-2 Portadown FC in the North Ireland - Premier League on 18/04/2026. 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 Portadown FC?
Before kick-off our model rated a Ballymena United win the most likely single outcome at about 52%, with the full match-result split Ballymena United 52%, draw 21%, Portadown FC 27%. The final score 1-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.