Linfield FC vs Ballymena United Prediction — Model Probabilities
Linfield FC v Ballymena United — Team-Based Signals
Linfield FC vs Ballymena United Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
Linfield FC shaded a tight game against Ballymena United 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.
As we said in the preview, our model had Linfield FC as the likeliest winner at 73%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — no to both teams scoring (56%) — went the other way, though.
Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Linfield FC had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 1.50 a game for Linfield FC against 0.67 for Ballymena United.
Linfield FC vs Ballymena United Result & Final Score
Linfield FC 2 - 1 Ballymena United in the Northern Ireland - Premiership on 31/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
Linfield FC vs Ballymena United Prediction vs Result
Before kick-off our model rated a Linfield FC win the most likely single outcome at about 73%, with the full match-result split Linfield FC 73%, draw 18%, Ballymena United 9%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Linfield FC) — while BTTS No went the other way.