Ballinamallard United vs Queen's University Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: contrasting recent samples

Queen's University have won 12 of their last 20 matches across Championship and friendly fixtures, scoring 48 goals against 22 conceded. That run includes a 6-0 win over Strabane Athletic and a 4-1 win over Institute, though it's mixed in with a couple of away defeats too, including a narrow loss at Rathfriland just before this cut-off.

Ballinamallard United: 20 completed matches; Queen's University: 20 completed matches.

Ballinamallard United

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

30

Difference

-5

Queen's University

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

48

Conceded

21

Difference

+27

Ballinamallard United's record over the same length of sample is much closer to even, with 5 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses and only 26 goals scored against 28 conceded. Their recent games show the same pattern, a draw with Glenavon, a heavy 1-6 loss away at Loughgall, and a narrow home loss to Annagh United.

Queen's have the stronger underlying numbers over this sample, though neither side has been fully consistent.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ballinamallard United vs Queen's University

Head-to-head: recent meetings favour the visitors

Of the eight recorded meetings between these clubs, the last three have all gone Queen's way or ended level. Queen's won 3-0 away in November 2025 and 3-0 again in September 2025, either side of a 1-1 draw at Ballinamallard in December.

Go back further and the picture is more mixed, with Ballinamallard winning 5-0 at home in January 2022 and 3-0 in November 2021. Those results came in league fixtures rather than this cup competition, so they're context rather than a guide to how a League Cup tie plays out.

The recent head-to-head tilts towards Queen's, but the sample spans a different competition and several seasons.

A cup tie a month out

This fixture sits in the Northern Ireland League Cup, while almost all the form and head-to-head evidence here comes from Championship or friendly matches. Cup selection and approach can differ from league business as usual.

There's also a genuine gap in time. The evidence used here runs up to late September, and the match itself is scheduled for late October. Both sides' recent form, especially Ballinamallard's stop-start results, could easily look different by the time this one kicks off.