Annagh United vs Limavady United Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Annagh have won four of their last five matches across various competitions, including back-to-back wins over H&W Welders and Ards, with only a draw at Newry City breaking up that run. Over their last 20 matches in total they've won 8, drawn 5 and lost 7, scoring 32 and conceding 36, so the wider picture is more even than that recent run suggests.

Annagh United: 20 completed matches; Limavady United: 20 completed matches.

Annagh United

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

36

Difference

0

Limavady United

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

21

Difference

+1

Limavady's form has been choppier. They beat Bangor 3-1 and won away at Crusaders, but then lost at home to Dungannon Swifts and Linfield before a narrow defeat at Coleraine. Across their last 20 games they've won 9, drawn 2 and lost 9, with 25 scored and 22 conceded, a record built across the Premiership, Championship and some friendlies.

Neither side arrives with a settled run of form, so recent results alone don't point clearly either way.

Comparative Team Statistics: Annagh United vs Limavady United

A tightly balanced head-to-head

These two have faced each other regularly in the Championship over the past few seasons, and the head-to-head is about as even as it gets. Their most recent meeting, back in April, saw Limavady win 2-0 away at Annagh, reversing a 3-1 Annagh win at Limavady's ground the previous December.

Going back further, results alternate between the sides fairly evenly, with draws and away wins both featuring. There's also an old meeting from 2019 in a different league that's too far removed to carry much weight now.

History suggests a close contest rather than one side dominating.

Little in the way of team news

There isn't much fresh team news to go on for this one. The only disciplinary note is Annagh's R. McDonald, who's picked up a yellow card in his last two appearances, though that doesn't tell us anything about his likely involvement here.

Annagh United:

Penalty cards:

R. McDonald x 1

A cup tie between familiar league rivals

This is a League Cup fixture rather than a league game, so it sits slightly apart from the Championship meetings that make up most of their recent history together. With Limavady now playing their league football in the Premiership and Annagh still in the Championship, there's a gap in level that wasn't there when they last met regularly.

Given how mixed both sides' form has been, and how tight this fixture usually is, it's hard to point to a clear favourite from the data alone.