Linfield FC 2-0 Ballymena United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — North Ireland - Premier League, 24 Feb 2024

📅24/02/2024 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-0 2nd Score 4-0
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
63%
1.25
Draw
21%
5.28
Away
16%
8.9
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.29
Over 2.5
55%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
2.19
No
57%
1.6
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
19%
4.63
2-3 Goals
46%
1.9
4-5 Goals
23%
2.86
6+ Goals
12%
8.11
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
35%
1.4
1/2
5%
34.5
1/X
8%
28.5
X/1
21%
3.29
X/2
5%
25.5
X/X
7%
8.58
2/1
7%
24.85
2/2
6%
20.9
2/X
6%
28.5
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: BTTS No ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
63%
Home Win
76%
-12.3pp
21%
Draw
16%
+4.9pp
16%
Away Win
8%
+7.3pp
45%
Under 2.5
40%
+5.4pp
55%
Over 2.5
60%
-5.4pp
43%
BTTS Yes
42%
+1.3pp
57%
BTTS No
58%
-1.3pp
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 Linfield FC EU Bookmakers 80%
Head to Head
AWAY Ballymena United EU Bookmakers 11%
+4% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +5% / +0%
3.08/0.66 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.52/1.98
+24% / +4% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -31% / +27%
58% Ball Possession 42%
15 Total Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
434 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 223 · 71%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
1.4 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Linfield FC
6W-0D-0L
AWAY Ballymena United
2.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.00
61% Ball Possession 39%
10 Total Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
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
21.01.2023 Linfield FC Linfield FC 3-0 HT 2-0 Ballymena United Ballymena United KİRL
18.11.2022 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-2 HT 0-1 Linfield FC Linfield FC KİRL
03.09.2022 Ballymena United Ballymena United 0-4 HT 0-2 Linfield FC Linfield FC KİRL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Linfield FC
2-0
AWAY Ballymena United
66% Ball Possession 34%
12 Total Shots 5
2 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 2
POST-MATCH Linfield FC vs Ballymena United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Linfield FC got the better of Ballymena United 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Linfield FC as the likeliest winner at 63%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. On goals, no to both teams scoring (57%) landed while over 2.5 goals (55%) missed.

On the day, Linfield FC had 66% of the ball to Ballymena United's 34%, shots finished 12-5.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Linfield FC had the better of it with 6 wins. Those games averaged 2.67 goals for Linfield FC and 0.00 for Ballymena United.

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

Linfield FC 2-0 Ballymena United in the North Ireland - Premier League on 24/02/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

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

Before kick-off our model rated a Linfield FC win the most likely single outcome at about 63%, with the full match-result split Linfield FC 63%, draw 21%, Ballymena United 16%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Linfield FC), BTTS No — while Over 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Linfield FC) ✗ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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