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Ballymena United 1-0 Cliftonville - September 02, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018 - Round 5

The Showgrounds - Ballymena - Northern Ireland

September 02, 2017

Ballymena United

1 - 0

Cliftonville

Assist by Tony KaneEmmett Friars

76'

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25' - Yellow card Tomas Cosgrove

28' - Yellow card Tony Kane28

30' - Yellow card Joe Gormley

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55' - Yellow card Matthew Shevlin55

56' - Yellow card Liam Bagnall

64' - Substitution Joe McKinneyis substituted by Cathair Friel64

69' - Substitution Joe Gormleyis substituted by Daniel Hughes

74' - Substitution Kyle Owensis substituted by Emmett Friars74

76' - Goal Emmett Friars76

81' - Yellow card Gary Thompson81

84' - Substitution Matthew Shevlinis substituted by William Faulkner84

84' - Yellow card Garry Breen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

1 - 0

Cliftonville

Ballymena United Cliftonville

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

18 Brennan

Conor Brennan

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens74

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

5 Kane28

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

22 McCullough

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

2 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

14 Burns

Andrew Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

7 Thompson81

Gary Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date26/05/1990

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

8 McKinney64

Joe McKinney

Northern Ireland

B.date02/01/1994

Age23 years

positionForward

11 Shevlin8455

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

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Conor Brennan		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens	74	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Johnny Flynn		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tony Kane	28	30	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Steven McCullough		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jim Ervin		32	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Andrew Burns		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gary Thompson	81	27	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Joe McKinney	64	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Matthew Shevlin	8455	18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Conor McCloskey		25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cliftonville

13 Neeson

Brian Neeson

Northern Ireland

B.date28/06/1989

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

25 Donnelly

Aaron Donnelly

Northern Ireland

B.date22/03/2000

Age17 years

H1m80

positionDefender

23 Cosgrove25

Tomas Cosgrove

Northern Ireland

B.date11/12/1992

Age24 years

positionDefender

4 Breen84

Garry Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

16 Bagnall56

Liam Bagnall

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefender

2 McGovern

Jamie McGovern

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1989

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

19 Gormley6930

Joe Gormley

Northern Ireland

B.date26/11/1989

Age27 years

positionCentre forward

77 Donnelly

Rory Donnelly

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1992

Age25 years

H1m88

positionStriker

7 Curran

Chris Curran

Northern Ireland

B.date05/01/1991

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

10 Garrett

Stephen Garrett

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

21 Donnelly

Jay Donnelly

Northern Ireland

B.date10/04/1995

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Brian Neeson		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Aaron Donnelly		17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Tomas Cosgrove	25	24	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Garry Breen	84	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Liam Bagnall	56	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jamie McGovern		28	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Joe Gormley	6930	27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	F	Rory Donnelly		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Chris Curran		26	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Stephen Garrett		30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Jay Donnelly		22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	D	Emmett Friars	7674	31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Michael Gault		34
24	M	Francis McCaffrey		24
13	F	Cathair Friel	64	24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	William Faulkner	84	27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Chris Ramsey		27
3	D	Levi Ives		20
11	M	Martin Donnelly		29
18	M	Jude Winchester		24
9	F	Daniel Hughes	69	25	49	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 Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Jeffrey vs Cliftonville

35 victories

17 draws

22 losses

Latest figure on September 02, 2017

Jeffrey vs Gray

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Barry Gray

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Gray vs Ballymena United

4 victories

1 draw

9 losses

Latest figure on September 02, 2017

Gray vs Jeffrey

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 02, 2017

Referee

Steven Gregg

11 victories	5 draws	8 losses	Ballymena United24 matches	General total	Cliftonville15 matches	10 victories	1 draw	4 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Ballymena United4 matches	Season total	Cliftonville2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2024					Latest figure on February 14, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Emmett Friars scores 1 goal in NIFL Premiership with Ballymena United

No Ballymena United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Jeffrey has reached 48% of wins .

End of streak for Ballymena United after 25 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Cliftonville (since 09/02/2010). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/09/2003 (12 matches)

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

-1	7	Carrick Rangers	5 pts	4 rd
-1	8	Cliftonville	4 pts	5 rd
+2	9	Ballymena United	4 pts	5 rd
-2	10	Warrenpoint Town	3 pts	5 rd
-1	11	Ballinamallard United	1 pt	5 rd

General ranking

+3	6	Dungannon Swifts	6 pts	5 rd
-1	7	Carrick Rangers	5 pts	4 rd
-1	8	Cliftonville	4 pts	5 rd
+2	9	Ballymena United	4 pts	5 rd
-2	10	Warrenpoint Town	3 pts	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBallymena United 5-2 Dungannon Swifts08/05/2017

VBallymena United 2-1 Glenavon12/05/2017

LBallymena United 0-2 Odd06/07/2017

LBallymena United 1-4 Crusaders11/08/2017

LBallymena United 1-6 Glenavon19/08/2017

VBallymena United 3-0 Knockbreda29/08/2017

Overall

LBallymena United 0-2 Odd06/07/2017

LBallymena United 1-4 Crusaders11/08/2017

DCarrick Rangers 1-1 Ballymena United15/08/2017

LBallymena United 1-6 Glenavon19/08/2017

LLinfield 1-0 Ballymena United26/08/2017

VBallymena United 3-0 Knockbreda29/08/2017

Current form

Away

LLinfield 2-0 Cliftonville13/03/2017

DDungannon Swifts 2-2 Cliftonville18/03/2017

LColeraine 2-0 Cliftonville08/04/2017

LBallymena United 4-1 Cliftonville18/04/2017

LColeraine 2-0 Cliftonville15/08/2017

DBallinamallard United 1-1 Cliftonville19/08/2017

Overall

LCliftonville 3-5 Glenavon08/05/2017

VCliftonville 6-3 Ards12/08/2017

LColeraine 2-0 Cliftonville15/08/2017

DBallinamallard United 1-1 Cliftonville19/08/2017

LCliftonville 1-2 Crusaders26/08/2017

VCliftonville 4-0 Banbridge Town29/08/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	3
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	10	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	10	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	7
12	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
962	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1017
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tony Kane	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Jay Donnelly
Tony Kane	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Garry Breen
Tony Kane	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tony Kane	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kyle Owens	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Chris Curran
Kyle Owens	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Martin Donnelly
Tony Kane	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	Chris Curran

Historical head to head

Home

93 matches

48 v

19 d

26 l

229 gf

137 ga

Away

96 matches

31 v

26 d

39 l

154 gf

162 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

190 matches

80 v

45 d

65 l

385 gf

300 ga

Historical head to head

Home

96 matches

39 v

26 d

31 l

162 gf

154 ga

Away

93 matches

26 v

19 d

48 l

137 gf

229 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

190 matches

65 v

45 d

80 l

300 gf

385 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	September 18, 1965
Home	8 - 0	September 18, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	November 17, 2012
Away	8 - 0	November 17, 2012

Latest head to head

April 18, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

4 - 1

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

March 25, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Cliftonville

2 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

January 07, 2017 - Irish Cup 2016/2017

Ballymena United

1 - 1

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

November 26, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Cliftonville

2 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

September 10, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

3 - 2

Cliftonville logo Cliftonville

Best historical scorers against Cliftonville

Matthew Tipton	4 goals	2014 - 2015
Tony Kane	3 goals	2016 - 2016
Jonathan McMurray	3 goals	2017 - 2017
Gary Thompson	2 goals	2012 - 2015
Cathair Friel	2 goals	2016 - 2017
David Cushley	2 goals	2013 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Liam Boyce	6 goals	2012 - 2013
David McDaid	6 goals	2014 - 2016
Joe Gormley	6 goals	2012 - 2014
Stephen Garrett	5 goals	2012 - 2017
Jay Donnelly	4 goals	2014 - 2017
James Knowles	3 goals	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cliftonville

Tony Kane	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Gary Thompson	13 matches	2012 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	12 matches	2012 - 2017
Johnny Taylor	10 matches	2012 - 2016
Jim Ervin	9 matches	2014 - 2017
Michael Ruddy	8 matches	2012 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Stephen Garrett	14 matches	2012 - 2017
Martin Donnelly	13 matches	2012 - 2017
Ryan Catney	12 matches	2012 - 2016
Jamie McGovern	11 matches	2012 - 2017
Jude Winchester	9 matches	2014 - 2017
Eamonn Seydak	9 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jonathan McMurray

37 matches

12 matches

2013 - 2017

Johnny Flynn

26 matches

57 matches

2014 - 2017

Patrick McNally

18 matches

6 matches

2013 - 2016

Peter McCusker

2 matches

1979 - 1981

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Johnny Flynn

26 matches

57 matches

2014 - 2017

Jonathan McMurray

37 matches

12 matches

2013 - 2017

Patrick McNally

18 matches

6 matches

2013 - 2016

Peter McCusker

2 matches

1979 - 1981

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

September 02, 2017

Coleraine

4 2

Glenavon

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

September 05, 2017

Carrick Rangers

0 1

Ards

Line-ups available

September 12, 2017

Crusaders

2 1

Linfield

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Coleraine	15	5	5	0	0	13	5	+8
-12	Linfield	12	4	4	0	0	9	0	+9
+23	Glentoran	11	5	3	2	0	9	4	+5
-14	Glenavon	10	5	3	1	1	19	11	+8
-15	Crusaders	9	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8
+36	Dungannon Swifts	6	5	2	0	3	4	9	-5
-17	Carrick Rangers	5	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
-18	Cliftonville	4	5	1	1	3	8	9	-1
+29	Ballymena United	4	5	1	1	3	4	12	-8
-210	Warrenpoint Town	3	5	1	0	4	4	12	-8
-111	Ballinamallard United	1	5	0	1	4	4	13	-9
12	Ards	0	4	0	0	4	3	10	-7

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Ballymena United 1-0 Cliftonville - September 02, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Ballymena United

1 - 0

Cliftonville

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

Jeffrey vs Cliftonville

Jeffrey vs Gray

Manager

Gray vs Ballymena United

Gray vs Jeffrey

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 Cliftonville

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Cliftonville

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking