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Linfield 2-1 Ballymena United - December 17, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

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Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017 - Round 21

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

December 17, 2016

Linfield

2 - 1

Ballymena United

Jimmy Callacher

51'

Mark Stafford

90+4'

88'

Tony Kane (penalty)

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21' - Yellow card Adam McCracken

32' - Yellow card William Faulkner

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51' - Goal Jimmy Callacher51

68' - Substitution Kirk Millaris substituted by Aaron Burns68

75' - Substitution Francis McCaffreyis substituted by Gavin Taggart

77' - Yellow card Kyle Owens

79' - Substitution Jonathan McMurrayis substituted by Darren Henderson

83' - Substitution Sean Wardis substituted by Chris Casement83

88' - Goal Tony Kane photo Leroy Millar

88' - Yellow card Leroy Millar

89' - Substitution Stephen Lowryis substituted by Josh Carson89

94' - Goal Mark Stafford94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

2 - 1

Ballymena United

Linfield Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Linfield

1 Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age39 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

17 Stafford94

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

5 Haughey

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

6 Callacher51

Jimmy Callacher

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1991

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

15 Ward83

Sean Ward

Northern Ireland

B.date10/01/1984

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

31 Quinn

Niall Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1993

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

8 Lowry89

Stephen Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date14/10/1986

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

22 Mulgrew

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

34 Gaynor

Ross Gaynor

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/09/1987

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

12 Millar68

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age24 years

H1m75

positionStriker

7 Waterworth

Andy Waterworth

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roy Carroll		39	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Mark Stafford	94	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey		25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jimmy Callacher	51	25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Sean Ward	83	32	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Niall Quinn		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Lowry	89	30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew		30	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Ross Gaynor		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar	68	24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Andy Waterworth		30	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ballymena United

18 Blayney

Alan Blayney

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1981

Age35 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens77

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

21 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

2 Kane88

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

39 McCracken21

Adam McCracken

Northern Ireland

B.date21/11/1998

Age18 years

positionLeft full-back

10 Jenkins

Allan Jenkins

Scotland

B.date07/10/1981

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

23 Millar88

Leroy Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1995

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

29 McCaffrey75

Francis McCaffrey

Northern Ireland

B.date22/04/1993

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

27 McMurray79

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

12 Faulkner32

William Faulkner

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1990

Age26 years

positionForward

14 Friel

Cathair Friel

Northern Ireland

B.date25/05/1993

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Alan Blayney		35	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens	77	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Jim Ervin		31	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Tony Kane	88	29	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Adam McCracken	21	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Allan Jenkins		35	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Leroy Millar	88	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Francis McCaffrey	75	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	79	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	William Faulkner	32	26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Cathair Friel		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	D	Chris Casement	83	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Josh Carson	89	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Aaron Burns	68	24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
8	M		Gavin Taggart	75	32	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Darren Henderson	79	30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy Carroll

Gareth Deane

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Healy vs Ballymena United

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Healy vs Jeffrey

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Jeffrey vs Linfield

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Jeffrey vs Healy

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Referee

Lee Tavinder

18 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Linfield23 matches	General total	Ballymena United26 matches	10 victories	6 draws	10 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Linfield4 matches	Season total	Ballymena United3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on August 10, 2024					Latest figure on August 10, 2024

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Key figures

No Ballymena United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Jeffrey has reached 2.09 goals scored per game .

Linfield keeps its 10 consecutive wins vs Ballymena United in NIFL Premiership running (since 14/09/2013). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/11/2000 (6 matches)

Linfield keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal scored vs Ballymena United running (since 05/11/2012). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/11/2003 (11 matches)

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

1	Crusaders	50 pts	21 rd
2	Linfield	45 pts	21 rd
3	Cliftonville	44 pts	21 rd
4	Ballymena United	36 pts	21 rd
5	Coleraine	31 pts	21 rd

General ranking

2	Linfield	45 pts	21 rd
3	Cliftonville	44 pts	21 rd
4	Ballymena United	36 pts	21 rd
5	Coleraine	31 pts	21 rd
6	Glenavon	29 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLinfield 4-1 Portadown10/09/2016

VLinfield 4-0 Ards24/09/2016

VLinfield 4-0 Ballinamallard United15/10/2016

DLinfield 0-0 Crusaders29/10/2016

LLinfield 1-2 Cliftonville19/11/2016

VLinfield 3-0 Carrick Rangers03/12/2016

Overall

VBallymena United 1-4 Linfield08/11/2016

VDungannon Swifts 0-4 Linfield12/11/2016

LLinfield 1-2 Cliftonville19/11/2016

VPortadown 0-5 Linfield26/11/2016

VLinfield 3-0 Carrick Rangers03/12/2016

VArds 0-2 Linfield10/12/2016

Current form

Away

DColeraine 2-2 Ballymena United01/10/2016

LGlenavon 5-0 Ballymena United22/10/2016

VArds 2-4 Ballymena United05/11/2016

VWarrenpoint Town 0-2 Ballymena United16/11/2016

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United26/11/2016

VGlentoran 2-3 Ballymena United10/12/2016

Overall

VWarrenpoint Town 0-2 Ballymena United16/11/2016

LBallymena United 1-4 Dungannon Swifts19/11/2016

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United26/11/2016

VBallymena United 2-0 Portadown03/12/2016

VGlentoran 2-3 Ballymena United10/12/2016

VBallymena United 3-0 Coleraine13/12/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	2	7
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	13
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	4
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
720	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	905
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	11
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
2.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.15
2.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.05
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.2

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
4-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andy Waterworth	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Cathair Friel
Aaron Burns	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Cathair Friel
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Tony Kane
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Tony Kane
Jimmy Callacher	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Francis McCaffrey

Historical head to head

Home

90 matches

66 v

14 d

10 l

225 gf

85 ga

Away

95 matches

49 v

22 d

24 l

205 gf

131 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

192 matches

118 v

37 d

37 l

439 gf

225 ga

Historical head to head

Home

95 matches

24 v

22 d

49 l

131 gf

205 ga

Away

90 matches

10 v

14 d

66 l

85 gf

225 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

192 matches

37 v

37 d

118 l

225 gf

439 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	November 21, 1936
Home	6 - 0	December 15, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 29, 1979
Away	7 - 4	December 26, 1929

Latest head to head

November 08, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

1 - 4

Linfield

October 12, 2016 - JBE League Cup 2016/2017

Ballymena United

4 - 1

Linfield

January 23, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Ballymena United

0 - 4

Linfield

January 09, 2016 - Irish Cup 2015/2016

Linfield

2 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

December 19, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Ballymena United

1 - 3

Linfield

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Andy Waterworth	9 goals	2013 - 2016
Aaron Burns	4 goals	2013 - 2015
Jamie Mulgrew	2 goals	2014 - 2016
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Sean Ward	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Philip Lowry	2 goals	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Linfield

David Cushley	5 goals	2013 - 2015
Allan Jenkins	2 goals	2012 - 2014
Johnny Taylor	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Jamie Davidson	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Eoin Kane	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Gary McCutcheon	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Jamie Mulgrew	13 matches	2011 - 2016
Michael Carvill	11 matches	2011 - 2015
Niall Quinn	10 matches	2013 - 2016
Aaron Burns	10 matches	2011 - 2015
Andy Waterworth	10 matches	2013 - 2016
Sean Ward	9 matches	2013 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Tony Kane	15 matches	2011 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	15 matches	2011 - 2016
David Cushley	11 matches	2012 - 2016
Alan Teggart	10 matches	2011 - 2015
Johnny Taylor	10 matches	2012 - 2016
Gary Thompson	10 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim Ervin

78 matches

80 matches

2005 - 2016

Ross Glendinning

74 matches

11 matches

2012 - 2016

Alan Blayney

62 matches

29 matches

2009 - 2016

Brian McCaul

53 matches

12 matches

2010 - 2015

Matthew Tipton

43 matches

55 matches

2012 - 2016

Kyle McVey

16 matches

33 matches

2013 - 2016

Total : 15 players

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They played in both sides

Jim Ervin

78 matches

80 matches

2005 - 2016

Matthew Tipton

43 matches

55 matches

2012 - 2016

Kyle McVey

16 matches

33 matches

2013 - 2016

Alan Blayney

62 matches

29 matches

2009 - 2016

Michael McLellan

14 matches

19 matches

2013 - 2016

Stuart Addis

8 matches

18 matches

2011 - 2015

Total : 15 players

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Competition info

The other matches

December 17, 2016

Crusaders

3 1

Glenavon

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	50	21	15	5	1	46	18	+28
2	Linfield	45	21	13	6	2	49	14	+35
3	Cliftonville	44	21	14	2	5	38	20	+18
4	Ballymena United	36	21	11	3	7	44	43	+1
5	Coleraine	31	21	8	7	6	29	23	+6
6	Glenavon	29	20	7	8	5	31	28	+3
7	Dungannon Swifts	27	21	7	6	8	35	29	+6
8	Glentoran	23	21	6	5	10	21	32	-11
9	Ards	19	21	5	4	12	26	38	-12
10	Ballinamallard United	15	20	4	3	13	21	42	-21
11	Carrick Rangers	12	21	3	3	15	16	48	-32
12	Portadown	5	21	5	2	14	16	37	-21

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Linfield 2-1 Ballymena United - December 17, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

2 - 1

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

Healy vs Ballymena United

Healy vs Jeffrey

Manager

Jeffrey vs Linfield

Jeffrey vs Healy

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 Linfield

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Linfield

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking