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Ballymena United 2-4 Crusaders - October 03, 2015 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

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Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016 - Journée 10

The Showgrounds - Ballymena - Northern Ireland

October 03, 2015 - 15:00

2 - 4

Crusaders

Allan Jenkins

20'

Gary Thompson

69'

Paul Heatley (penalty)

37'

Jordan Owens

70'

Gavin Whyte

77'

Jordan Forsythe

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3' - Goal Paul Heatley

5' - Yellow card Michael Ruddy5

20' - Goal Allan Jenkins20

37' - Goal Jordan Owens

41' - Yellow card Jim Ervin41

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58' - Substitution Tony Kaneis substituted by Gary Thompson58

69' - Goal Gary Thompson69

70' - Goal Gavin Whyte

77' - Goal Jordan Forsythe

80' - Substitution Matthew Tiptonis substituted by Mark Magennis80

80' - Substitution Gavin Whyteis substituted by Barry Molloy

84' - Substitution Michael Ruddyis substituted by Neal Gawley84

92' - Yellow card Johnny Taylor92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

Ballymena United Crusaders

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

1 Nelson

Dwayne Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date05/09/1984

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

25 Rodger

Gareth Rodger

Scotland

B.date22/02/1994

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Taylor92

Johnny Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1988

Age27 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

2 Tony Kane58

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

17 Ruddy845

Michael Ruddy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1993

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

21 Ervin41

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

15 Eoin Kane

Eoin Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date10/01/1996

Age19 years

positionMidfield

10 Jenkins20

Allan Jenkins

Scotland

B.date07/10/1981

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

14 Tipton80

Matthew Tipton

Wales

B.date29/07/1980

Age35 years

H1m78

positionStriker

11 Cushley

David Cushley

Northern Ireland

B.date22/07/1989

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

16 Shevlin

Matthew Shevlin

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1998

Age16 years

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dwayne Nelson		31	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Gareth Rodger		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Johnny Taylor	92	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Tony Kane	58	28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Michael Ruddy	845	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Jim Ervin	41	30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Eoin Kane		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Allan Jenkins	20	33	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Matthew Tipton	80	35	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	David Cushley		26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Matthew Shevlin		16	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

1 O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

2 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

11 Robinson

Josh Robinson

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1993

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

17 McClean

Craig McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date06/07/1985

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

27 Mitchell

Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland

B.date06/04/1992

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

20 Clarke

Richard Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date28/11/1985

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

19 Snoddy

Matthew Snoddy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/06/1993

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

22 Heatley3

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

23 Whyte7080

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age19 years

positionForward

18 Owens37

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

14 Forsythe77

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		27	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Josh Robinson		22	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Craig McClean		30	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Andrew Mitchell		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Richard Clarke		29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Matthew Snoddy		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Heatley	3	28	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Gavin Whyte	7080	19	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	37	26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Jordan Forsythe	77	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	D	Patrick McNally		21
6	M	Mark Magennis	80	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Neal Gawley	84	29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gary Thompson	6958	25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gavin Taggart		30

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Graeme McKibbin		24
5	D	David Magowan		31
16	M	Barry Molloy	80	31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Diarmuid O'Carroll		28
15	F	Stephen O'Flynn		33

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gareth Rodger

William Faulkner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Mitchell

Colin Coates

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Ferguson

167

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Ferguson vs Crusaders

3 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 03, 2015

Ferguson vs Baxter

3 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 03, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

436

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

17 victories

9 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 03, 2015

Baxter vs Ferguson

6 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 03, 2015

Referee

Ian McNabb

14 victories	5 draws	16 losses	Ballymena United35 matches	General total	Crusaders43 matches	25 victories	9 draws	9 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Ballymena United3 matches	Season total	Crusaders4 matches	4 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 20, 2024					Latest figure on February 10, 2024

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Key figures

Ballymena United keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 28/08/2015).

Crusaders keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored in NIFL Premiership running (since 11/04/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/10/2014-28/03/2015 time period (22 matches).

Ballymena United keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 08/08/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/08/2014-15/11/2014 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

+1	6	Portadown	14 pts	10 rd
-1	7	Glentoran	12 pts	10 rd
	8	Ballymena United	11 pts	10 rd
	9	Carrick Rangers	9 pts	10 rd
+1	10	Ballinamallard United	8 pts	10 rd

General ranking

1	Linfield	25 pts	10 rd
2	Crusaders	23 pts	10 rd
3	Cliftonville	20 pts	10 rd
4	Coleraine	19 pts	10 rd
5	Glenavon	15 pts	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBallymena United 1-0 Dungannon Swifts25/04/2015

LBallymena United 1-7 Glenavon12/08/2015

LBallymena United 0-2 Coleraine15/08/2015

DBallymena United 1-1 Carrick Rangers28/08/2015

VBallymena United 6-1 Cliftonville12/09/2015

DBallymena United 1-1 Ballinamallard United19/09/2015

Overall

DBallymena United 1-1 Carrick Rangers28/08/2015

VMoyola Park 1-4 Ballymena United01/09/2015

VGlentoran 1-3 Ballymena United05/09/2015

VBallymena United 6-1 Cliftonville12/09/2015

DBallymena United 1-1 Ballinamallard United19/09/2015

VWarrenpoint Town 1-2 Ballymena United26/09/2015

Current form

Away

DFCI Levadia 1-1 Crusaders07/07/2015

LSkenderbeu Korce 4-1 Crusaders14/07/2015

DGlentoran 2-2 Crusaders12/08/2015

VGlenavon 1-2 Crusaders22/08/2015

VCliftonville 0-1 Crusaders05/09/2015

DColeraine 1-1 Crusaders19/09/2015

Overall

VCrusaders 4-0 Dungannon Swifts29/08/2015

VCrusaders 3-1 Knockbreda01/09/2015

VCliftonville 0-1 Crusaders05/09/2015

VCrusaders 3-0 Linfield12/09/2015

DColeraine 1-1 Crusaders19/09/2015

VCrusaders 5-0 Carrick Rangers26/09/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	5	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	8	13
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	2
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
1031	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	708
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
2.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Matthew Tipton	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Jordan Owens
Matthew Tipton	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jordan Owens
Matthew Tipton	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Paul Heatley
Matthew Tipton	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Matthew Tipton	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 3 matches	Paul Heatley

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

31 v

24 d

23 l

118 gf

100 ga

Away

74 matches

17 v

18 d

39 l

88 gf

137 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

155 matches

48 v

45 d

62 l

209 gf

240 ga

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

39 v

18 d

17 l

137 gf

88 ga

Away

78 matches

23 v

24 d

31 l

100 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

155 matches

62 v

45 d

48 l

240 gf

209 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 02, 1974
Home	7 - 1	March 02, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 18, 1982
Away	3 - 0	August 20, 2011

Latest head to head

March 14, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Ballymena United

1 - 3

Crusaders

December 13, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Ballymena United

0 - 2

Crusaders

August 14, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2014/2015

Crusaders

2 - 2

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

March 15, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Crusaders

1 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

December 21, 2013 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Ballymena United

1 - 0

Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Alan Teggart	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Shane Dolan	1 goal	2013 - 2013
David Cushley	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Gavin Taggart	1 goal	2014 - 2014
James Costello	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Gary Liggett	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Timmy Adamson	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Jordan Owens	2 goals	2014 - 2015
Paul Heatley	2 goals	2013 - 2015
Gavin Whyte	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Colin Coates	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/11/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Allan Jenkins	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Alan Teggart	8 matches	2012 - 2015
David Cushley	7 matches	2012 - 2014
Tony Kane	7 matches	2012 - 2015
Mark Surgenor	7 matches	2012 - 2015
Johnny Taylor	6 matches	2012 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Declan Caddell	9 matches	2012 - 2015
Craig McClean	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Sean O'Neill	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Jordan Owens	7 matches	2012 - 2015
David Magowan	7 matches	2012 - 2015
Josh Robinson	6 matches	2012 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Steven McBride

48 matches

13 matches

2009 - 2015

Eamonn McAlister

10 matches

39 matches

2012 - 2015

William Faulkner

7 matches

2 matches

2011 - 2015

Nathan Hanley

5 matches

29 matches

2013 - 2015

Yohann Lacroix

4 matches

8 matches

2013 - 2014

Aaron Black

4 matches

2 matches

2009 - 2012

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gary McCutcheon

4 matches

85 matches

2012 - 2015

Eamonn McAlister

10 matches

39 matches

2012 - 2015

Nathan Hanley

5 matches

29 matches

2013 - 2015

Steven McBride

48 matches

13 matches

2009 - 2015

Yohann Lacroix

4 matches

8 matches

2013 - 2014

Aaron Black

4 matches

2 matches

2009 - 2012

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 03, 2015

Glenavon

3 1

Dungannon Swifts

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Linfield	25	10	8	1	1	31	12	+19
2	Crusaders	23	10	7	2	1	28	8	+20
3	Cliftonville	20	10	6	2	2	16	12	+4
4	Coleraine	19	10	6	1	3	14	13	+1
5	Glenavon	15	10	4	3	3	24	13	+11
+16	Portadown	14	10	4	2	4	13	15	-2
-17	Glentoran	12	10	3	3	4	11	13	-2
8	Ballymena United	11	10	3	2	5	16	24	-8
9	Carrick Rangers	9	10	2	3	5	10	18	-8
+110	Ballinamallard United	8	10	2	2	6	9	16	-7
-111	Dungannon Swifts	8	10	2	2	6	12	24	-12
12	Warrenpoint Town	4	10	1	1	8	8	24	-16

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Ballymena United 2-4 Crusaders - October 03, 2015 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Ferguson vs Crusaders

Ferguson vs Baxter

Manager

Baxter vs Ballymena United

Baxter vs Ferguson

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking