Glentoran FC 2-0 Ballymena United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - Premier League, 18 Oct 2025

📅18/10/2025 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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
62%
1.57
Draw
22%
3.8
Away
16%
4.85
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
60%
1.91
Over 2.5
40%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
1.88
No
55%
1.82
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
35%
3.23
2-3 Goals
41%
1.75
4-5 Goals
15%
3.33
6+ Goals
9%
12.65
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.23 — our 35% vs market 24.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
20%
1.99
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
5%
15.55
X/1 EV+ ✗
31%
4.0
X/2
5%
11.05
X/X
10%
5.38
2/1
11%
23.1
2/2
6%
9.25
2/X
7%
17.6
Value flag · X/1 at 4.0 — our 31% vs market 19.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: BTTS No ★★ Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
62%
Home Win
60%
+2.3pp
22%
Draw
23%
-0.8pp
16%
Away Win
18%
-1.5pp
60%
Under 2.5
48%
+11.9pp
40%
Over 2.5
52%
-11.9pp
45%
BTTS Yes
49%
-4.6pp
55%
BTTS No
51%
+4.6pp
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.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Glentoran FC EU Bookmakers 64%
Head to Head
AWAY Ballymena United EU Bookmakers 21%
-8% / -15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / -5%
1.98/0.78 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.99/1.72
-3% / +10% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +4% / +4%
54% Ball Possession 46%
12 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
376 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 253 · 72%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
1.5 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Glentoran FC
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Ballymena United
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
06.09.2025 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-2 HT 0-2 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
04.03.2025 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 1-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
18.02.2025 Ballymena United Ballymena United 1-1 HT 0-0 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
07.01.2025 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC 2-0 HT 0-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRLK
07.01.2025 Ballymena United Ballymena United 2-0 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRLK
14.09.2024 Ballymena United Ballymena United 1-0 HT 0-0 Glentoran FC Glentoran FC KİRL
POST-MATCH Glentoran FC vs Ballymena United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Glentoran FC saw off Ballymena United 2-0. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Glentoran FC as the likeliest winner at 62%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — under 2.5 goals (60%), no to both teams scoring (55%) came in.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Glentoran FC had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Glentoran FC and 0.67 for Ballymena United.

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

Glentoran FC 2-0 Ballymena United in the North Ireland - Premier League on 18/10/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a Glentoran FC win the most likely single outcome at about 62%, with the full match-result split Glentoran FC 62%, draw 22%, Ballymena United 16%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Glentoran FC), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

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