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Ballymena United 3-1 Coleraine - December 26, 2023 / Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024

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Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 23

The Showgrounds - Ballymena - Northern Ireland

December 26, 2023 - 15:00

3 - 1

Coleraine

Assist by Steven McCullough (header) Jonathan McMurray

47'

Assist by Ryan Waide (right foot) Noah Stewart

74'

Assist by David Taylor (left foot) Noah Stewart

90+4'

33'

Dean Jarvis (header) Assist by Conor McKendry

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33' - Goal Dean Jarvis

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46' - Substitution Isaac Westendorfis substituted by Noah Stewart46

47' - Goal Jonathan McMurray47

70' - Substitution Andy McGroryis substituted by Ryan Waide70

74' - Goal Noah Stewart74

77' - Substitution Jamie Glackinis substituted by Stephen Lowry

81' - Substitution Jonathan McMurrayis substituted by David Taylor81

82' - Substitution Darren Coleis substituted by Lee Harkin photo Ciaran O'Hara

82' - Substitution Andrew Mitchellis substituted by Ciaran O'Hara

86' - Yellow card Conor McKendry

87' - Substitution Jack O'Mahonyis substituted by Michael McCrudden

94' - Goal Noah Stewart94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

3 - 1

Coleraine

Ballymena United Coleraine

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

37Westendorf46

Isaac Westendorf

England

B.date2002

Age22 years

positionForward

27McMurray4781

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

11McCullough

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

16F. Taylor

Fraser Taylor

Scotland

B.date17/01/2004

Age19 years

positionWinger

28Boyle

Dylan Boyle

Northern Ireland

B.date15/01/2002

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

30Place

Mikey Place

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/04/1998

Age25 years

positionMidfield

17McGrory70

Andy McGrory

Northern Ireland

B.date15/12/1991

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

2Nelson

Kym Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/07/1995

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

32McAuley

Shea McAuley

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/2006

Age17 years

H1m94

positionDefender

5Whiteside

Scott Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date16/06/1997

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

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	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Shea McAuley		17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Scott Whiteside		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Steven McCullough		29	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Dylan Boyle		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Andy McGrory	70	32	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kym Nelson		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Mikey Place		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Isaac Westendorf	46	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	4781	29	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Fraser Taylor		19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coleraine

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

29Scott

Andrew Scott

Northern Ireland

B.date19/06/2000

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

22Mitchell82

Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland

B.date25/01/1994

Age29 years

positionCentre forward

7McKendry86

Conor McKendry

Northern Ireland

B.date21/10/1998

Age25 years

positionCentre forward

17Glackin77

Jamie Glackin

Northern Ireland

B.date16/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

6A. Jarvis

Aaron Jarvis

Northern Ireland

B.date10/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

21O'Mahony87

Jack O'Mahony

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/2000

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

3Dean Jarvis33

Dean Jarvis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/06/1992

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

20Cole82

Darren Cole

Scotland

B.date03/01/1992

Age31 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

14Farren

Kieran Farren

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/11/2000

Age23 years

H1m88

positionDefender

2Kane

Lyndon Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date15/02/1997

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

1Deane

Gareth Deane

Northern Ireland

B.date14/06/1994

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gareth Deane		29	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Kieran Farren		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Lyndon Kane		26	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Dean Jarvis	33	31	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Darren Cole	82	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jack O'Mahony	87	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jamie Glackin	77	28	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Aaron Jarvis		26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Andrew Scott		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Andrew Mitchell	82	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Conor McKendry	86	25	78	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Sam Johnston		27
22	D	Caleb Crawford		19
20	M	Thomas J. Murray		28
33	F	Noah Stewart	749446	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	David Taylor	81	17	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ryan Waide	70	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Fiontan O'Boyle		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Martin Gallagher		33
8	M	Stephen Lowry	77	37	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Alfie Gaston		16
26	F	Michael McCrudden	87	32	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Lee Harkin	82	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	F	Ciaran O'Hara	82	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Senan Devine		16

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dylan Boyle

Thomas J. Murray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Mitchell

Ciaran O'Hara

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Ervin

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Ervin vs Coleraine

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Ervin vs Kearney

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Oran Kearney

540

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Kearney vs Ballymena United

26 victories

13 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Kearney vs Ervin

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Referee

Ian McNabb

14 victories	5 draws	16 losses	Ballymena United35 matches	General total	Coleraine31 matches	13 victories	11 draws	7 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Ballymena United4 matches	Season total	Coleraine2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 20, 2024					Latest figure on December 26, 2023

4th official

Keith Kennedy

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ballymena United2 matches	General total	Coleraine2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ballymena United2 matches	Season total	Coleraine2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 26, 2023					Latest figure on December 26, 2023

Videos

December 27, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Ballymena United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coleraine at home running (since 24/04/2021). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/04/2004-06/04/2010 time period (8 matches).

Jack O'Mahony played his game number 10 vs Ballymena United in NIFL Premiership

Ballymena United keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Coleraine at home running (since 27/12/2021). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/09/1986-28/11/1998 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

8	Glenavon	26 pts	23 rd
9	Loughgall	25 pts	23 rd
10	Dungannon Swifts	18 pts	23 rd
11	Ballymena United	15 pts	23 rd
12	Newry City	12 pts	23 rd

General ranking

+1	4	Glentoran	38 pts	23 rd
-1	5	Crusaders	38 pts	22 rd
	6	Coleraine	29 pts	23 rd
	7	Carrick Rangers	27 pts	23 rd
	8	Glenavon	26 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBallymena United 3-1 Coleraine21/10/2023

DBallymena United 1-1 Dungannon Swifts28/10/2023

DBallymena United 1-1 Coleraine07/11/2023

LBallymena United 0-1 Glenavon11/11/2023

DBallymena United 0-0 Larne02/12/2023

LBallymena United 0-2 Carrick Rangers15/12/2023

Overall

LGlentoran 5-0 Ballymena United18/11/2023

LLinfield 4-0 Ballymena United25/11/2023

DBallymena United 0-0 Larne02/12/2023

DNewry City 0-0 Ballymena United08/12/2023

LBallymena United 0-2 Carrick Rangers15/12/2023

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United23/12/2023

Current form

Away

LBallymena United 3-1 Coleraine21/10/2023

VCrusaders 0-2 Coleraine04/11/2023

DBallymena United 1-1 Coleraine07/11/2023

LLarne 2-0 Coleraine17/11/2023

DGlenavon 1-1 Coleraine02/12/2023

LLinfield 2-1 Coleraine22/12/2023

Overall

DColeraine 1-1 Carrick Rangers25/11/2023

DGlenavon 1-1 Coleraine02/12/2023

LColeraine 2-3 Glenavon05/12/2023

VColeraine 3-2 Loughgall09/12/2023

LColeraine 2-3 Dungannon Swifts16/12/2023

LLinfield 2-1 Coleraine22/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	10
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	3	7
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	4	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	6
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
1190	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	784
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
3	Victories (Competition total)	9
1	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
16	Losses (Competition total)	9
8	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
0.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.82	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.73
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.73

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

53	Yellow cards (Competition total)	43
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Noah Stewart	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Conor McKendry
Noah Stewart	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Conor McKendry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Josh Carson
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Josh Carson
Steven McCullough	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Jamie Glackin
Andy McGrory	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Andrew Scott
Noah Stewart	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 16 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Conor McKendry

Historical head to head

Home

114 matches

46 v

29 d

39 l

217 gf

187 ga

Away

107 matches

32 v

23 d

52 l

134 gf

190 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

223 matches

79 v

52 d

92 l

354 gf

379 ga

Historical head to head

Home

107 matches

52 v

23 d

32 l

190 gf

134 ga

Away

114 matches

39 v

29 d

46 l

187 gf

217 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

223 matches

92 v

52 d

79 l

379 gf

354 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1931
Home	7 - 0	October 03, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	December 26, 1967
Away	4 - 0	March 04, 2017

Latest head to head

November 07, 2023 - BetMcLean League Cup 2023/2024

Ballymena United

1 - 1

Coleraine

October 21, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

3 - 1

Coleraine

August 04, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Coleraine

2 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

March 07, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Coleraine

3 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

December 26, 2022 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Coleraine

2 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

Best historical scorers against Coleraine

Cathair Friel	4 goals	2016 - 2018
Andy McGrory	4 goals	2018 - 2019
Allan Jenkins	3 goals	2013 - 2014
Alan Teggart	3 goals	2013 - 2014
Jonathan McMurray	2 goals	2017 - 2018
Johnny Taylor	2 goals	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Eoin Bradley	6 goals	2013 - 2021
Jamie McGonigle	5 goals	2015 - 2017
Matthew Shevlin	5 goals	2021 - 2023
James McLaughlin	4 goals	2016 - 2021
Darren McCauley	4 goals	2016 - 2018
Curtis Allen	3 goals	2012 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coleraine

Jim Ervin	21 matches	2014 - 2021
Tony Kane	21 matches	2012 - 2021
Leroy Millar	20 matches	2015 - 2022
Allan Jenkins	17 matches	2012 - 2017
Steven McCullough	17 matches	2017 - 2023
Gary Thompson	16 matches	2012 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Eoin Bradley	21 matches	2013 - 2022
Lyndon Kane	21 matches	2014 - 2023
Ian Parkhill	20 matches	2014 - 2020
Josh Carson	19 matches	2017 - 2023
Aaron Canning	18 matches	2012 - 2021
James McLaughlin	18 matches	2015 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Cathair Friel

122 matches

18 matches

2016 - 2023

Darren Henderson

80 matches

21 matches

2012 - 2017

Matthew Shevlin

62 matches

105 matches

2014 - 2023

Scott Whiteside

58 matches

13 matches

2017 - 2023

David McDaid

33 matches

34 matches

2014 - 2023

Kyle McVey

33 matches

17 matches

2012 - 2016

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Matthew Shevlin

62 matches

105 matches

2014 - 2023

David McDaid

33 matches

34 matches

2014 - 2023

Shane McGinty

33 matches

34 matches

2014 - 2019

Stewart Nixon

3 matches

32 matches

2015 - 2021

Aaron Burns

6 matches

31 matches

2018 - 2020

Evan Tweed

8 matches

23 matches

2020 - 2023

Total : 17 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/09/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2023

Carrick Rangers

1 2

Larne

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Linfield	55	22	18	1	3	54	24	+30
2	Larne	54	23	16	6	1	47	15	+32
3	Cliftonville	51	23	16	3	4	53	14	+39
+14	Glentoran	38	23	11	5	7	41	24	+17
-15	Crusaders	38	22	11	5	6	41	25	+16
6	Coleraine	29	23	8	5	10	31	40	-9
7	Carrick Rangers	27	23	8	3	12	30	50	-20
8	Glenavon	26	23	8	2	13	28	42	-14
9	Loughgall	25	23	7	4	12	35	46	-11
10	Dungannon Swifts	18	23	4	6	13	34	49	-15
11	Ballymena United	15	23	4	3	16	14	41	-27
12	Newry City	12	23	3	3	17	17	55	-38

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Ballymena United 3-1 Coleraine - December 26, 2023 / Sports Direct Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

3 - 1

Coleraine

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

Ervin vs Coleraine

Ervin vs Kearney

Manager

Kearney vs Ballymena United

Kearney vs Ervin

Referee

4th official

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 Coleraine

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Coleraine

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