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Crusaders 1-0 Ballymena United - October 13, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 12

Seaview - Belfast - Northern Ireland

October 13, 2023

Crusaders

1 - 0

Ballymena United

Assist by Jarlath O'Rourke (right foot) Adam Lecky

45'

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27' - Substitution Colin Coatesis substituted by Alex Gawne

28' - Substitution Paul Heatleyis substituted by Mikhail Kennedy28

45' - Goal Adam Lecky45

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61' - Yellow card Lloyd Anderson61

73' - Yellow card Josh Robinson73

76' - Yellow card Steven McCullough

87' - Substitution Noah Stewartis substituted by Fiontan O'Boyle

93' - Substitution Ben Kennedyis substituted by James Teelan93

93' - Substitution Andy McGroryis substituted by Jonathan McMurray

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crusaders

1 - 0

Ballymena United

Crusaders Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Crusaders

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Heatley28

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age36 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

9Lecky45

Adam Lecky

Northern Ireland

B.date03/05/1991

Age32 years

H1m99

positionCentre forward

25Clarke

Ross Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

42Anderson61

Lloyd Anderson

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1999

Age24 years

positionMidfield

7Lowry

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age34 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Ben Kennedy90+3

Ben Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date12/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

15O'Rourke

Jarlath O'Rourke

Northern Ireland

B.date13/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

20Larmour

Daniel Larmour

Northern Ireland

B.date03/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

24Robinson73

Josh Robinson

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1993

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

33Tuffey

Jonathan Tuffey

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1987

Age36 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Jonathan Tuffey		36	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		34	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Daniel Larmour		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Josh Robinson	73	30	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jarlath O'Rourke		28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Lloyd Anderson	61	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Paul Heatley	28	36	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Philip Lowry		34	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Kennedy	90+3	26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Lecky	45	32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Ross Clarke		30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Ballymena United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

37Westendorf

Isaac Westendorf

England

B.date2002

Age21 years

positionForward

10Stewart87

Noah Stewart

Northern Ireland

B.date04/04/2004

Age19 years

positionCentre forward

28Boyle

Dylan Boyle

Northern Ireland

B.date15/01/2002

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Taylor

Fraser Taylor

Scotland

B.date17/01/2004

Age19 years

positionWinger

30Place

Mikey Place

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/04/1998

Age25 years

positionMidfield

11McCullough76

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

21Tennant

Lewis Tennant

Northern Ireland

B.date22/08/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

5Whiteside

Scott Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date16/06/1997

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

6Coates27

Colin Coates

Northern Ireland

B.date26/10/1985

Age37 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

17McGrory90+3

Andy McGrory

Northern Ireland

B.date15/12/1991

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

1O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age35 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		35	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Colin Coates	27	37	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Scott Whiteside		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Steven McCullough	76	29	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Dylan Boyle		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Andy McGrory	90+3	31	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Lewis Tennant		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Mikey Place		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Noah Stewart	87	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Fraser Taylor		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Isaac Westendorf		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
41	G	Ryan Kerr		17
21	D	Mal Smith		22
30	M	Bradley Maguire		18
11	F	James Teelan	90+3	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Mikhail Kennedy	28	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens		34
62	F	Jonathan James		17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Sam Johnston		27
20	M	Thomas J. Murray		28
14	M	John McGuigan		30
15	F	Fiontan O'Boyle	87	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	90+3	29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Alex Gawne	27	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Marc Walsh		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Josh Robinson

Rory McKeown

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikey Place

Donal Rocks

OUT

Andy McGrory

Corrie Burns

OUT

Noah Stewart

Jonathan McMurray

OUT

Lewis Tennant

Kym Nelson

OUT

Isaac Westendorf

John McGuigan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

814

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

39 victories

13 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on October 13, 2023

Baxter vs Ervin

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 13, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Ervin

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

23 %

Ervin vs Crusaders

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 13, 2023

Ervin vs Baxter

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 13, 2023

Referee

Keith Kennedy

14 victories	4 draws	3 losses	Crusaders21 matches	General total	Ballymena United31 matches	9 victories	5 draws	17 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Crusaders3 matches	Season total	Ballymena United2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 17, 2024					Latest figure on May 03, 2024

Videos

October 15, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Jonathan McMurray played his game number 10 vs Crusaders in NIFL Premiership with Ballymena United

Stephen Baxter has registered 150 loss in NIFL Premiership since the 01/07/2005 as the manager of Crusaders next after this match..

Stephen Baxter has registered 150 loss since the 01/07/2005 as the manager of Crusaders next after this match..

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Linfield	31 pts	12 rd
	2	Cliftonville	26 pts	12 rd
+1	3	Crusaders	24 pts	12 rd
-1	4	Larne	23 pts	12 rd
	5	Glentoran	20 pts	12 rd

General ranking

8	Carrick Rangers	13 pts	12 rd
9	Newry City	10 pts	12 rd
10	Dungannon Swifts	8 pts	12 rd
11	Glenavon	7 pts	12 rd
12	Ballymena United	6 pts	12 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCrusaders 2-2 Rosenborg27/07/2023

VCrusaders 2-0 Dungannon Swifts15/08/2023

VCrusaders 9-0 Carrick Rangers22/08/2023

DCrusaders 1-1 Loughgall02/09/2023

LCrusaders 0-3 Cliftonville18/09/2023

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon23/09/2023

Overall

LCrusaders 0-3 Cliftonville18/09/2023

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon23/09/2023

LLinfield 2-0 Crusaders26/09/2023

VColeraine 0-4 Crusaders30/09/2023

VWarrenpoint Town 0-5 Crusaders03/10/2023

DLarne 1-1 Crusaders06/10/2023

Current form

Away

DNewry City 2-2 Ballymena United22/04/2023

LColeraine 2-1 Ballymena United04/08/2023

LLarne 3-0 Ballymena United15/08/2023

LGlenavon 1-0 Ballymena United02/09/2023

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Ballymena United09/09/2023

VDungannon Swifts 0-1 Ballymena United30/09/2023

Overall

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Ballymena United09/09/2023

LBallymena United 1-3 Loughgall16/09/2023

LBallymena United 0-2 Cliftonville23/09/2023

VDungannon Swifts 0-1 Ballymena United30/09/2023

VBallymena United 4-0 Lisburn Distillery03/10/2023

LBallymena United 0-2 Newry City07/10/2023

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	14
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	12
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
671	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	998
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.45
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.6
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

22	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ben Kennedy	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Colin Coates
Paul Heatley	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Noah Stewart
Adam Lecky	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Steven McCullough
Philip Lowry	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Steven McCullough
Ben Kennedy	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Noah Stewart

Historical head to head

Home

91 matches

50 v

20 d

21 l

172 gf

105 ga

Away

94 matches

33 v

26 d

35 l

129 gf

136 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

3 d

0 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

189 matches

84 v

49 d

56 l

306 gf

245 ga

Historical head to head

Home

94 matches

35 v

26 d

33 l

136 gf

129 ga

Away

91 matches

21 v

20 d

50 l

105 gf

172 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

3 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

189 matches

56 v

49 d

84 l

245 gf

306 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

August 11, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

1 - 2

Crusaders

May 07, 2023 - Irish Cup 2022/2023

Ballymena United

0 - 4

Crusaders

February 25, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Ballymena United

0 - 0

Crusaders

November 14, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

0 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

September 23, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Crusaders

3 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Jordan Owens	11 goals	2014 - 2020
Paul Heatley	10 goals	2013 - 2021
Gavin Whyte	5 goals	2014 - 2017
Ross Clarke	4 goals	2018 - 2020
Colin Coates	3 goals	2013 - 2017
Timmy Adamson	3 goals	2013 - 2015

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 Crusaders

Cathair Friel	3 goals	2017 - 2018
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Matthew Shevlin	2 goals	2017 - 2017
Paul McElroy	2 goals	2020 - 2021
Ryan Waide	2 goals	2022 - 2023
Jude Winchester	2 goals	2019 - 2021

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 Ballymena United

Jordan Owens	29 matches	2012 - 2023
Billy Joe Burns	28 matches	2014 - 2023
Declan Caddell	27 matches	2012 - 2023
Jordan Forsythe	26 matches	2015 - 2023
Paul Heatley	25 matches	2012 - 2023
Sean O'Neill	21 matches	2012 - 2021

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 Crusaders

Tony Kane	21 matches	2012 - 2021
Jim Ervin	17 matches	2014 - 2021
Allan Jenkins	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Leroy Millar	14 matches	2016 - 2022
Steven McCullough	14 matches	2017 - 2023
Ross Glendinning	14 matches	2016 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sean O'Neill

263 matches

46 matches

2011 - 2023

Colin Coates

220 matches

7 matches

2009 - 2023

David Cushley

135 matches

126 matches

2012 - 2021

Adam Lecky

115 matches

51 matches

2018 - 2023

Gary McCutcheon

85 matches

4 matches

2012 - 2015

Gary Thompson

64 matches

152 matches

2012 - 2023

Total : 25 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Gary Thompson

64 matches

152 matches

2012 - 2023

David Cushley

135 matches

126 matches

2012 - 2021

William Faulkner

2 matches

93 matches

2011 - 2019

Jonathan McMurray

50 matches

87 matches

2016 - 2023

Jude Winchester

56 matches

85 matches

2018 - 2023

Paul McElroy

14 matches

83 matches

2019 - 2023

Total : 25 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 13, 2023

Carrick Rangers

1 2

Linfield

Video availableLine-ups available

Dungannon Swifts

0 0

Larne

Video availableLine-ups available

Glenavon

0 1

Cliftonville

Video availableLine-ups available

Glentoran

6 0

Loughgall

Video availableLine-ups available

Newry City

0 2

Coleraine

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Linfield	31	12	10	1	1	30	13	+17
2	Cliftonville	26	12	8	2	2	29	5	+24
+13	Crusaders	24	12	7	3	2	28	10	+18
-14	Larne	23	12	6	5	1	25	9	+16
5	Glentoran	20	12	6	2	4	20	12	+8
6	Coleraine	20	12	6	2	4	18	21	-3
7	Loughgall	15	12	4	3	5	17	21	-4
8	Carrick Rangers	13	12	4	1	7	16	32	-16
9	Newry City	10	12	3	1	8	13	32	-19
10	Dungannon Swifts	8	12	1	5	6	15	24	-9
11	Glenavon	7	12	2	1	9	10	28	-18
12	Ballymena United	6	12	2	0	10	5	19	-14

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Crusaders 1-0 Ballymena United - October 13, 2023 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Crusaders

1 - 0

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 Ervin

Manager

Ervin vs Crusaders

Ervin 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