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Crusaders 2-1 Ballymena United - February 11, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

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34' - Goal Gavin Whyte34

39' - Yellow card Colin Coates39

40' - Goal David Cushley40

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77' - Yellow card Howard Beverland77

78' - Goal Tony Kane

80' - Substitution Jonathan McMurrayis substituted by Neil Lowry

85' - Substitution David Cushleyis substituted by Mikel Suarez85

87' - Yellow card Caolan Loughran

92' - Substitution Tony Kaneis substituted by Francis McCaffrey

93' - Substitution Jim Ervinis substituted by Johnny Flynn

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

2 - 1

Ballymena United

Crusaders Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Crusaders

1 O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

6 Coates39

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

17 McClean

Craig McClean

Northern Ireland

B.date06/07/1985

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

3 Beverland77

Howard Beverland

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1990

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

7 Lowry

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Cushley4085

David Cushley

Northern Ireland

B.date22/07/1989

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

23 Whyte34

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age21 years

positionForward

10 Carvill

Michael Carvill

Northern Ireland

B.date03/04/1988

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

14 Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

18 Owens

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		28	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Colin Coates	39	31	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Craig McClean		31	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Howard Beverland	77	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Philip Lowry		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	David Cushley	4085	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Gavin Whyte	34	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Carvill		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Jordan Forsythe		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens		27	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Ballymena United

1 Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

34 Loughran87

Caolan Loughran

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1995

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

2 Kane7890+2

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

21 Ervin90+3

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

24 Braniff

Kevin Braniff

Northern Ireland

B.date04/03/1983

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

23 Millar

Leroy Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1995

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10 Jenkins

Allan Jenkins

Scotland

B.date07/10/1981

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

27 McMurray80

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

12 Faulkner

William Faulkner

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1990

Age27 years

positionForward

14 Friel

Cathair Friel

Northern Ireland

B.date25/05/1993

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Glendinning		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Caolan Loughran	87	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Tony Kane	7890+2	29	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Jim Ervin	90+3	31	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Kevin Braniff		33	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Leroy Millar		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Allan Jenkins		35	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	80	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	William Faulkner		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Cathair Friel		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	D	Andrew Mitchell		24
20	M	Richard Clarke		31
35	F	Mikel Suarez	85	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Ross Holden		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Johnny Flynn	90+3	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Francis McCaffrey	90+2	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Neil Lowry	80	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Conor McCloskey		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

507

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

20 victories

10 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2017

Baxter vs Jeffrey

10 victories

9 draws

20 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Jeffrey vs Crusaders

42 victories

17 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2017

Jeffrey vs Baxter

20 victories

9 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 11, 2017

Referee

Ross Dunlop

17 victories	8 draws	5 losses	Crusaders30 matches	General total	Ballymena United29 matches	14 victories	2 draws	13 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Crusaders3 matches	Season total	Ballymena United4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on October 26, 2024					Latest figure on October 26, 2024

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Key figures

Crusaders keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs Ballymena United at home running (since 15/03/2014). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/01/2013 (5 matches)

William Faulkner played his game number 50 in NIFL Premiership with Ballymena United

No Ballymena United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Jeffrey has reached 51% of wins .

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

1	Crusaders	68 pts	28 rd
2	Linfield	61 pts	28 rd
3	Cliftonville	52 pts	28 rd
4	Coleraine	49 pts	28 rd
5	Ballymena United	45 pts	28 rd

General ranking

3	Cliftonville	52 pts	28 rd
4	Coleraine	49 pts	28 rd
5	Ballymena United	45 pts	28 rd
6	Glenavon	39 pts	28 rd
7	Dungannon Swifts	35 pts	28 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrusaders 2-2 Glentoran03/12/2016

VCrusaders 3-1 Glenavon17/12/2016

LCrusaders 1-2 Linfield31/12/2016

VCrusaders 2-0 Ards07/01/2017

VCrusaders 1-0 Cliftonville21/01/2017

VCrusaders 2-0 PSNI04/02/2017

Overall

VArds 2-4 Crusaders03/01/2017

VCrusaders 2-0 Ards07/01/2017

VGlentoran 0-3 Crusaders14/01/2017

VCrusaders 1-0 Cliftonville21/01/2017

VGlenavon 0-1 Crusaders28/01/2017

VCrusaders 2-0 PSNI04/02/2017

Current form

Away

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United26/11/2016

VGlentoran 2-3 Ballymena United10/12/2016

LLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United17/12/2016

LArds 4-2 Ballymena United31/12/2016

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United21/01/2017

VHarland & Wolff Welders 1-3 Ballymena United04/02/2017

Overall

LBallymena United 3-4 Glenavon03/01/2017

DBallymena United 1-1 Cliftonville07/01/2017

VBallymena United 3-2 Dungannon Swifts14/01/2017

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United21/01/2017

VBallymena United 3-1 Carrick Rangers28/01/2017

VHarland & Wolff Welders 1-3 Ballymena United04/02/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	8	17
Invincibility streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	6	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	5
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
653	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	879
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
20	Victories (Competition total)	14
10	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.11
2.46	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.62
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.07
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.31

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	44
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Heatley	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Cathair Friel
Jordan Owens	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Cathair Friel
Gavin Whyte	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Tony Kane
Gavin Whyte	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Tony Kane
Declan Caddell	5 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Cathair Friel

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

41 v

19 d

17 l

146 gf

90 ga

Away

80 matches

24 v

24 d

32 l

105 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

160 matches

65 v

46 d

49 l

254 gf

215 ga

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

32 v

24 d

24 l

122 gf

105 ga

Away

77 matches

17 v

19 d

41 l

90 gf

146 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

160 matches

49 v

46 d

65 l

215 gf

254 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 06, 2016
Home	6 - 0	August 06, 2016

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

October 15, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

2 - 1

Crusaders

August 06, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Crusaders

6 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

March 12, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Crusaders

0 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

November 28, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Crusaders

3 - 2

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

October 03, 2015 - Danske Bank Premiership 2015/2016

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Jordan Owens	10 goals	2011 - 2016
Paul Heatley	5 goals	2013 - 2016
Timmy Adamson	4 goals	2011 - 2015
Gavin Whyte	3 goals	2014 - 2016
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Chris Morrow	3 goals	2011 - 2013

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
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Aaron Boyd	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Gary Thompson	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Alan Davidson	1 goal	2012 - 2012

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	16 matches	2011 - 2016
Jordan Owens	15 matches	2011 - 2016
Declan Caddell	14 matches	2011 - 2016
Craig McClean	13 matches	2012 - 2016
Colin Coates	12 matches	2011 - 2016
Paul Heatley	11 matches	2012 - 2016

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Players with most games played vs Crusaders

Allan Jenkins	16 matches	2011 - 2016
Tony Kane	13 matches	2011 - 2016
Gary Thompson	11 matches	2012 - 2016
Johnny Taylor	10 matches	2012 - 2016
Alan Teggart	10 matches	2011 - 2015
David Cushley	10 matches	2012 - 2016

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They played in both sides

Gary McCutcheon

85 matches

42 matches

2011 - 2015

Steven McBride

43 matches

68 matches

2009 - 2016

Eamonn McAlister

39 matches

10 matches

2012 - 2015

Nathan Hanley

29 matches

12 matches

2013 - 2016

David Cushley

23 matches

126 matches

2012 - 2017

Yohann Lacroix

8 matches

4 matches

2013 - 2014

Total : 11 players

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They played in both sides

David Cushley

23 matches

126 matches

2012 - 2017

Steven McBride

43 matches

68 matches

2009 - 2016

William Faulkner

2 matches

49 matches

2011 - 2017

Gary McCutcheon

85 matches

42 matches

2011 - 2015

Richard Vauls

1 match

28 matches

2011 - 2016

Nathan Hanley

29 matches

12 matches

2013 - 2016

Total : 11 players

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Competition info

The other matches

February 11, 2017

Portadown

0 3

Ards

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	68	28	21	5	2	62	23	+39
2	Linfield	61	28	18	7	3	62	19	+43
3	Cliftonville	52	28	16	4	8	45	29	+16
4	Coleraine	49	28	14	7	7	43	30	+13
5	Ballymena United	45	28	14	3	11	58	58	0
6	Glenavon	39	28	9	12	7	43	40	+3
7	Dungannon Swifts	35	28	9	8	11	47	44	+3
8	Glentoran	32	28	8	8	12	32	40	-8
9	Ballinamallard United	29	28	8	5	15	32	51	-19
10	Ards	26	29	7	5	17	39	57	-18
11	Carrick Rangers	17	29	4	5	20	23	59	-36
12	Portadown	6	28	5	3	20	21	57	-36

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Crusaders 2-1 Ballymena United - February 11, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Crusaders

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

Baxter vs Ballymena United

Baxter vs Jeffrey

Manager

Jeffrey vs Crusaders

Jeffrey 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