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Linfield 5-1 Ards - March 18, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

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4' - Goal Cameron Stewart4

6' - Yellow card Emmett Friars

15' - Goal Guillaume Keke

17' - Substitution Cameron Stewartis substituted by Kirk Millar17

18' - Yellow card Johnny Taylor

27' - Goal Kirk Millar27

42' - Substitution David McCulloughis substituted by Kyle Cherry

45' - Goal Andy Waterworth45

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56' - Yellow card Kyle Cherry

61' - Substitution Carl McCombis substituted by Gary Liggett

69' - Substitution Josh Dohertyis substituted by Craig McMillan

70' - Goal Stephen Lowry70

72' - Substitution Jamie Mulgrewis substituted by Josh Carson photo Aaron Burns

72' - Substitution Paul Smythis substituted by Aaron Burns72

92' - Goal Aaron Burns92

92' - Red card Johnny Taylor

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Linfield

5 - 1

Ards

Linfield Ards

Team line-ups

Linfield

1 Carroll

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age39 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

17 Stafford

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

6 Callacher

Jimmy Callacher

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1991

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

5 Haughey

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

16 Clarke

Matthew Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date03/03/1994

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

31 Quinn

Niall Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1993

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

22 Mulgrew72

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

8 Lowry70

Stephen Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date14/10/1986

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

38 Smyth72

Paul Smyth

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1997

Age19 years

positionForward

3 Stewart417

Cameron Stewart

Northern Ireland

B.date11/03/1997

Age20 years

positionCentre forward

7 Waterworth45

Andy Waterworth

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roy Carroll		39	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Mark Stafford		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jimmy Callacher		25	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey		26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Matthew Clarke		23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Niall Quinn		23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew	72	30	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stephen Lowry	70	30	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Paul Smyth	72	19	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	F	Cameron Stewart	417	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Andy Waterworth	45	30	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ards

18 Hogg

Aaron Hogg

Northern Ireland

B.date14/01/1988

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

2 Hall

Greg Hall

Northern Ireland

B.date11/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefender

5 Taylor1892

Johnny Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

43 Doherty69

Josh Doherty

Northern Ireland

B.date15/03/1996

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

3 Ruddy

Michael Ruddy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1993

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

25 Friars6

Emmett Friars

Northern Ireland

B.date14/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

6 McCullough42

David McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date24/04/1987

Age29 years

positionMidfield

11 McAllister

David McAllister

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1994

Age22 years

positionLeft Midfielder

16 Tommons

Gareth Tommons

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1989

Age27 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

15 McComb61

Carl McComb

Northern Ireland

B.date14/08/1992

Age24 years

positionForward

19 Keke15

Guillaume Keke

France

B.date13/03/1991

Age26 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Aaron Hogg		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Greg Hall		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Johnny Taylor	1892	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	D	Josh Doherty	69	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Michael Ruddy		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Emmett Friars	6	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	David McCullough	42	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	David McAllister		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Gareth Tommons		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Carl McComb	61	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Guillaume Keke	15	26	25	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
24	M	Josh Carson	72	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar	2717	24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Aaron Burns	9272	24	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
7	M	Craig McMillan	69	29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Kyle Cherry	4256	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Gary Liggett	61	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

David Healy

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Healy vs Ards

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2017

Healy vs Nixon

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Nixon

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Nixon vs Linfield

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2017

Nixon vs Healy

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2017

Referee

Steven Gregg

13 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Linfield17 matches	General total	Ards11 matches	1 victory	3 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Linfield1 match	Season total	Ards4 matches	0 victory	1 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on February 24, 2024					Latest figure on February 23, 2019

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Comments

Key figures

Linfield keeps its 23 consecutive matches without a loss vs Ards in NIFL Premiership running (since 31/03/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/01/1997 (6 matches)

Linfield keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a loss vs Ards at home running (since 01/01/1994). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Cameron Stewart scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

	1	Crusaders	75 pts	31 rd
	2	Linfield	71 pts	32 rd
+1	3	Coleraine	56 pts	31 rd
-1	4	Cliftonville	55 pts	32 rd
	5	Ballymena United	51 pts	31 rd

General ranking

7	Dungannon Swifts	37 pts	32 rd
8	Glentoran	36 pts	32 rd
9	Ards	30 pts	32 rd
10	Ballinamallard United	29 pts	31 rd
11	Carrick Rangers	21 pts	32 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United17/12/2016

DLinfield 1-1 Glentoran26/12/2016

LLinfield 0-1 Coleraine03/01/2017

VLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United21/01/2017

DLinfield 1-1 Portadown17/02/2017

VLinfield 2-0 Cliftonville13/03/2017

Overall

VDrumahoe Institute 0-2 Linfield04/02/2017

VCarrick Rangers 0-2 Linfield11/02/2017

DLinfield 1-1 Portadown17/02/2017

VGlentoran 0-1 Linfield25/02/2017

VCrusaders 0-2 Linfield04/03/2017

VLinfield 2-0 Cliftonville13/03/2017

Current form

Away

DCarrick Rangers 1-1 Ards26/12/2016

LCrusaders 2-0 Ards07/01/2017

LCliftonville 2-1 Ards14/01/2017

LColeraine 3-1 Ards28/01/2017

VPortadown 0-3 Ards11/02/2017

DDungannon Swifts 3-3 Ards25/02/2017

Overall

LArds 1-3 Glentoran20/01/2017

LColeraine 3-1 Ards28/01/2017

LArds 0-4 Carrick Rangers04/02/2017

VPortadown 0-3 Ards11/02/2017

DDungannon Swifts 3-3 Ards25/02/2017

VArds 2-0 Ballinamallard United10/03/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	10
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	10
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	9
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
752	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1175
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
20	Victories (Competition total)	8
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	17
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	60
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.42
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.94
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.87

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
26	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
3	Red cards (Competition total)	7
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Waterworth	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Michael Ruddy
Andy Waterworth	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Ruddy
Stephen Lowry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Michael Ruddy
Stephen Lowry	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Michael Ruddy
Andy Waterworth	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Guillaume Keke

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

65 v

21 d

3 l

263 gf

79 ga

Away

89 matches

56 v

17 d

16 l

209 gf

110 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

3 ga

Total

181 matches

124 v

38 d

19 l

481 gf

192 ga

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

16 v

17 d

56 l

110 gf

209 ga

Away

89 matches

3 v

21 d

65 l

79 gf

263 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

9 ga

Total

181 matches

19 v

38 d

124 l

192 gf

481 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	February 10, 1945
Home	8 - 0	February 10, 1945

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 20, 1926
Away	2 - 0	February 08, 1986

Latest head to head

December 10, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ards

0 - 2

Linfield

September 24, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

4 - 0

Ards

January 24, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Linfield

3 - 3

Ards

November 02, 2013 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Linfield

5 - 2

Ards

September 07, 2013 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Ards

1 - 3

Linfield

Best historical scorers against Ards

Aaron Burns	3 goals	2013 - 2016
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Jimmy Callacher	2 goals	2016 - 2016
Niall Quinn	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Philip Lowry	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Kirk Millar	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Mark McClelland	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Stephen Gordon	1 goal	2014 - 2014
James Cully	1 goal	2013 - 2013
William Faulkner	1 goal	2013 - 2013
David Armstrong	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Ben Roy	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ards

Andy Waterworth	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Sean Ward	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Niall Quinn	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Jamie Mulgrew	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Aaron Burns	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Matthew Tipton	3 matches	2013 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Greg Hall	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Kyle McDowell	3 matches	2013 - 2014
Ross Arthurs	3 matches	2013 - 2016
Andrew Mitchell	3 matches	2013 - 2014
James Cully	3 matches	2013 - 2014
Mark McClelland	3 matches	2013 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Alan Blayney

62 matches

11 matches

2009 - 2014

David Armstrong

36 matches

22 matches

2011 - 2014

Ryan Henderson

16 matches

18 matches

2012 - 2014

James Knowles

10 matches

8 matches

2013 - 2014

Andy Hunter

5 matches

22 matches

2002 - 2014

Neil Dougan

4 matches

29 matches

2011 - 2014

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Neil Dougan

4 matches

29 matches

2011 - 2014

David Armstrong

36 matches

22 matches

2011 - 2014

Andy Hunter

5 matches

22 matches

2002 - 2014

Ryan Henderson

16 matches

18 matches

2012 - 2014

Alan Blayney

62 matches

11 matches

2009 - 2014

Conor Downey

2 matches

10 matches

2008 - 2014

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 18, 2017

Glenavon

1 2

Coleraine

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

March 20, 2017

Crusaders

3 1

Ballinamallard

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	75	31	23	6	2	68	25	+43
2	Linfield	71	32	21	8	3	71	21	+50
+13	Coleraine	56	31	16	8	7	47	31	+16
-14	Cliftonville	55	32	16	7	9	48	34	+14
5	Ballymena United	51	31	16	3	12	65	63	+2
6	Glenavon	46	32	11	13	8	49	42	+7
7	Dungannon Swifts	37	32	9	10	13	53	53	0
8	Glentoran	36	32	9	9	14	37	46	-9
9	Ards	30	32	8	6	18	45	65	-20
10	Ballinamallard United	29	31	8	5	18	33	58	-25
11	Carrick Rangers	21	32	5	6	21	26	64	-38
12	Portadown	8	32	5	5	22	25	65	-40

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Linfield 5-1 Ards - March 18, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

5 - 1

Ards

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 Ards

Healy vs Nixon

Manager

Nixon vs Linfield

Nixon 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 Ards

Best historical scorers against Linfield

Players with most games played vs Ards

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