5th September BANGOR - BALLYMENA UNITED

This is priced as a comfortable favourite. Ballymena United is the shortest price on a book of 4.09 / 3.81 / 1.78 (1 / X / 2), an implied 52.6%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 22.9% / 24.6% / 52.6% on an overround of 6.9%.

In the league table Bangor sit 12th on 0 points (0W 0D 3L) with Ballymena United 8th on 3 points (1W 0D 2L).

Bangor read L-L-L-L-L-D across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (0W 1D 5L) — a badly out of sorts side.

Ballymena United read L-L-W-L-L-D across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (1W 1D 4L) — poor.

Head to head the record reads 1-1-2 — Bangor wins, draws, then Ballymena United wins. Their last meeting finished Ballymena United - Bangor: 0-0.

The read: Ballymena United at 1.78 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.

This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 04:36 on 4th September 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.