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Crusaders 3-2 Ballymena United - November 28, 2015 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

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13' - Goal Jordan Owens13

18' - Missed penalty Paul Heatley18

37' - Own goal Dwayne Nelson37

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48' - Goal Matthew Tipton

52' - Goal Billy Joe Burns52

59' - Substitution Mark Magennisis substituted by William Faulkner

60' - Substitution Kyle McVeyis substituted by Matthew Ferguson

63' - Goal Matthew Tipton

72' - Substitution Richard Clarkeis substituted by Josh Robinson72

86' - Substitution Paul Heatleyis substituted by Michael Carvill86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

3 - 2

Ballymena United

Crusaders Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Crusaders

1 O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

6 Coates

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Burns52

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

5 Magowan

David Magowan

Northern Ireland

B.date04/10/1983

Age32 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

17 McClean

Craig McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date06/07/1985

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

20 Clarke72

Richard Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date28/11/1985

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

12 Caddell

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

19 Snoddy

Matthew Snoddy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/06/1993

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

22 Heatley86

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

14 Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

18 Owens13

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Colin Coates		30	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns	52	26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	David Magowan		32	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Craig McClean		30	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Richard Clarke	72	29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Declan Caddell		27	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Matthew Snoddy		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Heatley	86	28	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Jordan Forsythe		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	13	26	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Ballymena United

1 Nelson37

Dwayne Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date05/09/1984

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

22 McVey60

Kyle McVey

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1986

Age29 years

positionDefender

5 Taylor

Johnny Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1988

Age27 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

25 Rodger

Gareth Rodger

Scotland

B.date22/02/1994

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 McBride

Steven McBride

Northern Ireland

B.date06/04/1983

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

21 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

6 Magennis59

Mark Magennis

Northern Ireland

B.date15/03/1983

Age32 years

positionMidfield

7 Thompson

Gary Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date26/05/1990

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

10 Jenkins

Allan Jenkins

Scotland

B.date07/10/1981

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

14 Tipton6348

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

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dwayne Nelson	37	31	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Kyle McVey	60	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Johnny Taylor		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Gareth Rodger		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steven McBride		32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Jim Ervin		30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mark Magennis	59	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gary Thompson		25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Allan Jenkins		34	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Matthew Tipton	6348	35	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	David Cushley		26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
11	D		Josh Robinson	72	22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F		Michael Carvill	86	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	M		Matthew Ferguson	60	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F		William Faulkner	59	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Declan Caddell

Michael Carvill

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kyle McVey

Tony Kane

OUT

Mark Magennis

Matthew Shevlin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

446

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

18 victories

9 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on November 28, 2015

Baxter vs Ferguson

7 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on November 28, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Ferguson

178

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Ferguson vs Crusaders

3 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on November 28, 2015

Ferguson vs Baxter

3 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on November 28, 2015

Referee

Keith Kennedy

14 victories	4 draws	3 losses	Crusaders21 matches	General total	Ballymena United32 matches	9 victories	5 draws	18 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Crusaders3 matches	Season total	Ballymena United6 matches	0 victory	2 draws	4 losses
Latest figure on February 17, 2024					Latest figure on August 16, 2024

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Key figures

Crusaders keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Ballymena United running (since 13/12/2014). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/11/2012-15/03/2014 time period (6 matches).

The last time Matthew Tipton scored at least 2 goals during the same game in NIFL Premiership with Crusaders , it was on the 12/09/2015 (avec Crusaders vs Glenavon )

Crusaders keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Ballymena United at home running (since 19/01/2013). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/09/2008 (4 matches)

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

1	Crusaders	45 pts	18 rd
2	Coleraine	39 pts	18 rd
3	Cliftonville	37 pts	17 rd
4	Linfield	33 pts	18 rd
5	Glenavon	31 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	6	Glentoran	27 pts	18 rd
	7	Portadown	24 pts	18 rd
	8	Ballymena United	19 pts	18 rd
	9	Ballinamallard United	15 pts	18 rd
+1	10	Dungannon Swifts	12 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrusaders 3-0 Linfield12/09/2015

VCrusaders 5-0 Carrick Rangers26/09/2015

VCrusaders 1-0 Warrenpoint Town10/10/2015

LCrusaders 3-4 Drumahoe Institute14/10/2015

VCrusaders 1-0 Glenavon24/10/2015

VCrusaders 3-0 Glentoran14/11/2015

Overall

DBallinamallard United 1-1 Crusaders17/10/2015

VCrusaders 1-0 Glenavon24/10/2015

VPortadown 1-3 Crusaders31/10/2015

VLinfield 0-1 Crusaders07/11/2015

VCrusaders 3-0 Glentoran14/11/2015

VWarrenpoint Town 1-3 Crusaders21/11/2015

Current form

Away

VWarrenpoint Town 1-2 Ballymena United26/09/2015

LPortadown 3-2 Ballymena United10/10/2015

VLimavady United 0-1 Ballymena United14/10/2015

LGlenavon 3-1 Ballymena United17/10/2015

DCarrick Rangers 2-2 Ballymena United31/10/2015

VBallinamallard United 0-1 Ballymena United14/11/2015

Overall

VBallymena United 1-0 Dungannon Swifts24/10/2015

DCarrick Rangers 2-2 Ballymena United31/10/2015

LBallymena United 0-1 Glentoran07/11/2015

VBallinamallard United 0-1 Ballymena United14/11/2015

LBallymena United 1-2 Coleraine18/11/2015

DBallymena United 1-1 Portadown21/11/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	11	5
Scoring streak	11	19
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	8	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	8
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
650	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	998
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
13	Victories (Competition total)	5
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
2.41	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
2.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
5-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-4 (1 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Paul Heatley	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Matthew Tipton
Paul Heatley	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	David Cushley
Paul Heatley	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Matthew Tipton
Paul Heatley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Allan Jenkins
Michael Carvill	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	David Cushley
Paul Heatley	10 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 11 matches	David Cushley

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

39 v

18 d

17 l

137 gf

88 ga

Away

79 matches

24 v

24 d

31 l

104 gf

120 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

156 matches

63 v

45 d

48 l

244 gf

211 ga

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

31 v

24 d

24 l

120 gf

104 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

156 matches

48 v

45 d

63 l

211 gf

244 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 18, 1982
Home	6 - 0	December 18, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 02, 1974
Away	3 - 0	March 27, 1985

Latest head to head

October 03, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

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

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Jordan Owens	6 goals	2011 - 2015
Timmy Adamson	4 goals	2011 - 2015
Chris Morrow	3 goals	2011 - 2013
Paul Heatley	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Gavin Whyte	2 goals	2014 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Allan Jenkins	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Davy Munster	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Alan Teggart	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Gary Liggett	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Gavin Taggart	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Aaron Boyd	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Sean O'Neill	12 matches	2011 - 2015
Declan Caddell	11 matches	2011 - 2015
Jordan Owens	11 matches	2011 - 2015
David Magowan	9 matches	2011 - 2015
Craig McClean	9 matches	2012 - 2015
Colin Coates	9 matches	2011 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Allan Jenkins	12 matches	2011 - 2015
Tony Kane	11 matches	2011 - 2015
Alan Teggart	10 matches	2011 - 2015
Davy Munster	9 matches	2011 - 2014
Mark Surgenor	8 matches	2011 - 2015
Aaron Stewart	8 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gary McCutcheon

85 matches

42 matches

2011 - 2015

Steven McBride

43 matches

50 matches

2009 - 2015

Eamonn McAlister

39 matches

10 matches

2012 - 2015

Nathan Hanley

29 matches

5 matches

2013 - 2015

Yohann Lacroix

8 matches

4 matches

2013 - 2014

Aaron Black

2 matches

6 matches

2009 - 2012

Total : 9 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

Steven McBride

43 matches

50 matches

2009 - 2015

Gary McCutcheon

85 matches

42 matches

2011 - 2015

William Faulkner

2 matches

12 matches

2011 - 2015

Eamonn McAlister

39 matches

10 matches

2012 - 2015

Aaron Black

2 matches

6 matches

2009 - 2012

Thomas Robinson

2 matches

6 matches

2012 - 2013

Total : 9 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

November 27, 2015

Ballinamallard

1 2

Coleraine

Line-ups available

November 28, 2015

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

January 12, 2016

Cliftonville

3 3

Carrick Rangers

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	45	18	14	3	1	44	13	+31
2	Coleraine	39	18	12	3	3	30	17	+13
3	Cliftonville	37	17	11	4	2	28	16	+12
4	Linfield	33	18	10	3	5	40	22	+18
5	Glenavon	31	18	9	4	5	39	22	+17
6	Glentoran	27	18	7	6	5	20	19	+1
7	Portadown	24	18	7	3	8	23	33	-10
8	Ballymena United	19	18	5	4	9	26	37	-11
9	Ballinamallard United	15	18	4	3	11	19	29	-10
+110	Dungannon Swifts	12	17	3	3	11	19	32	-13
-111	Carrick Rangers	11	16	2	5	9	17	30	-13
12	Warrenpoint Town	4	18	1	1	16	11	46	-35

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Crusaders 3-2 Ballymena United - November 28, 2015 / Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Crusaders

3 - 2

Ballymena United

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

Baxter vs Ballymena United

Baxter vs Ferguson

Manager

Ferguson vs Crusaders

Ferguson vs Baxter

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 Ballymena United

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking