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Ballymena United 1-4 Crusaders - August 11, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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34' - Yellow card Michael Gault34

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55' - Goal Matthew Shevlin55

58' - Yellow card Howard Beverland

60' - Substitution Sean Wardis substituted by Jordan Forsythe

61' - Yellow card Jim Ervin61

62' - Goal Paul Heatley

63' - Red card Kyle Owens63

72' - Substitution Leroy Millaris substituted by Emmett Friars72

78' - Goal Paul Heatley

81' - Goal Colin Coates

86' - Substitution Matthew Shevlinis substituted by Cathair Friel86

90' - Substitution Jordan Owensis substituted by David Cushley

92' - Goal Jordan Forsythe

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

1 - 4

Crusaders

Ballymena United Crusaders

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

1 Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens63

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

3 Flynn

Johnny Flynn

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1989

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Ervin61

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

5 Kane

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

7 Millar72

Leroy Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1995

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10 Braniff

Kevin Braniff

Northern Ireland

B.date04/03/1983

Age34 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

6 Gault34

Michael Gault

Northern Ireland

B.date15/04/1983

Age34 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

11 Shevlin5586

Matthew Shevlin

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1998

Age18 years

positionCentre forward

9 McCloskey

Conor McCloskey

Northern Ireland

B.date29/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

8 McKinney

Joe McKinney

Northern Ireland

B.date02/01/1994

Age23 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Glendinning		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens	63	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Johnny Flynn		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jim Ervin	61	32	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tony Kane		29	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Leroy Millar	72	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kevin Braniff		34	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Michael Gault	34	34	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Matthew Shevlin	5586	18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Conor McCloskey		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Joe McKinney		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

1 Jensen

Brian Jensen

Denmark

B.date08/06/1975

Age42 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

5 Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

4 Coates81

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6 Ward60

Sean Ward

Northern Ireland

B.date10/01/1984

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

3 Brown

Rodney Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date13/08/1995

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

2 Beverland58

Howard Beverland

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

7 Caddell

Declan Caddell

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

8 Lowry

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age28 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Heatley6278

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Owens90

Jordan Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

10 Whyte

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age21 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brian Jensen		42	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Billy Joe Burns		28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Colin Coates	81	31	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Sean Ward	60	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Rodney Brown		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Howard Beverland	58	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Declan Caddell		29	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Philip Lowry		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Paul Heatley	6278	30	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jordan Owens	90	28	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Gavin Whyte		21	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	D		Emmett Friars	72	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F		Cathair Friel	86	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	F		Jordan Forsythe	9260	26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F		David Cushley	90	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Ervin

Emmett Friars

OUT

Matthew Shevlin

Cathair Friel

OUT

Kyle Owens

Andrew Burns

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gavin Whyte

Michael Carvill

OUT

Philip Lowry

Matthew Snoddy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Jeffrey vs Crusaders

43 victories

17 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on August 11, 2017

Jeffrey vs Baxter

21 victories

9 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on August 11, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

519

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

21 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on August 11, 2017

Baxter vs Jeffrey

11 victories

9 draws

21 losses

Latest figure on August 11, 2017

Referee

Keith Kennedy

9 victories	5 draws	17 losses	Ballymena United31 matches	General total	Crusaders21 matches	14 victories	4 draws	3 losses
0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Ballymena United3 matches	Season total	Crusaders3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 03, 2024					Latest figure on February 17, 2024

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Key figures

Ballymena United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Crusaders at home running (since 14/03/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/10/2003-27/11/2010 time period (8 matches).

It's the first time Matthew Shevlin scores 1 goal vs Crusaders in NIFL Premiership

Ballymena United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Crusaders at home running (since 13/12/2014). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/08/2009-10/11/2012 time period (6 matches).

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General ranking

	1	Crusaders	3 pts	1 rd
	2	Ballymena United	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

	1	Crusaders	3 pts	1 rd
	2	Ballymena United	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBallymena United 0-2 Linfield15/04/2017

VBallymena United 4-1 Cliftonville18/04/2017

VBallymena United 3-0 Crusaders22/04/2017

VBallymena United 5-2 Dungannon Swifts08/05/2017

VBallymena United 2-1 Glenavon12/05/2017

LBallymena United 0-2 Odd06/07/2017

Overall

VBallymena United 3-0 Crusaders22/04/2017

DColeraine 1-1 Ballymena United29/04/2017

VBallymena United 5-2 Dungannon Swifts08/05/2017

VBallymena United 2-1 Glenavon12/05/2017

LOdd 3-0 Ballymena United29/06/2017

LBallymena United 0-2 Odd06/07/2017

Current form

Away

DPortadown 1-1 Crusaders25/02/2017

LColeraine 1-0 Crusaders25/03/2017

LLinfield 1-0 Crusaders08/04/2017

VCliftonville 2-3 Crusaders15/04/2017

LBallymena United 3-0 Crusaders22/04/2017

LLiepaja 2-0 Crusaders06/07/2017

Overall

VCliftonville 2-3 Crusaders15/04/2017

VCrusaders 3-2 Coleraine18/04/2017

LBallymena United 3-0 Crusaders22/04/2017

VCrusaders 6-1 Glenavon29/04/2017

VCrusaders 3-1 Liepaja29/06/2017

LLiepaja 2-0 Crusaders06/07/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	5	11
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	7	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

888	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	835
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

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Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

33 v

24 d

24 l

125 gf

105 ga

Away

78 matches

17 v

19 d

42 l

91 gf

148 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

162 matches

50 v

46 d

66 l

219 gf

256 ga

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

42 v

19 d

17 l

148 gf

91 ga

Away

81 matches

24 v

24 d

33 l

105 gf

125 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

3 d

0 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

162 matches

66 v

46 d

50 l

256 gf

219 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 06, 2016
Away	3 - 0	August 20, 2011

Latest head to head

April 22, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

3 - 0

Crusaders

February 11, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Crusaders

2 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

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

Best historical scorers against Crusaders

Allan Jenkins	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Tony Kane	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Cathair Friel	2 goals	2017 - 2017
Alan Teggart	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Conor McCloskey	1 goal	2017 - 2017

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

Jordan Owens	7 goals	2014 - 2016
Paul Heatley	5 goals	2013 - 2016
Gavin Whyte	4 goals	2014 - 2017
Gary McCutcheon	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Timmy Adamson	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Jordan Forsythe	1 goal	2015 - 2015

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	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Tony Kane	12 matches	2012 - 2017
Gary Thompson	11 matches	2012 - 2016
David Cushley	10 matches	2012 - 2016
Johnny Taylor	9 matches	2012 - 2016
Jim Ervin	9 matches	2014 - 2017

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

Craig McClean	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Sean O'Neill	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Jordan Owens	14 matches	2012 - 2017
Declan Caddell	13 matches	2012 - 2017
Paul Heatley	12 matches	2012 - 2017
Billy Joe Burns	10 matches	2014 - 2017