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Ballymena United 2-4 Crusaders - March 09, 2024 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 31

The Showgrounds - Ballymena - Northern Ireland

March 09, 2024 - 15:00

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

Assist by Mikey Place (left foot) Kym Nelson

18'

(right foot) Fraser Taylor

28'

11'

Adam Lecky (right foot) Assist by Philip Lowry

67'

Ben Kennedy (header) Assist by Daniel Larmour

71'

Paul Heatley (right foot) Assist by Ben Kennedy

74'

Jarlath O'Rourke (right foot) Assist by Paul Heatley

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8' - Yellow card Steven McCullough8

11' - Goal Adam Lecky

18' - Goal Kym Nelson18

28' - Goal Fraser Taylor28

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47' - Substitution Donal Rocksis substituted by Jonathan McMurray47

54' - Yellow card Ross Clarke

59' - Yellow card Adam Lecky

62' - Substitution Ross Clarkeis substituted by Robbie Weir

67' - Goal Ben Kennedy

71' - Goal Paul Heatley

74' - Substitution Jamie Robinsonis substituted by James Hood74

74' - Goal Jarlath O'Rourke

81' - Yellow card Kym Nelson81

85' - Yellow card Fraser Taylor85

87' - Substitution Adam Leckyis substituted by Jordan Owens

89' - Substitution Paul Heatleyis substituted by Stewart Nixon

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

Ballymena United Crusaders

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

36McCurry

Calvin McCurry

Northern Ireland

B.date26/12/2001

Age22 years

H1m88

positionForward

30Place

Mikey Place

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/04/1998

Age25 years

positionMidfield

4Rocks47

Donal Rocks

Northern Ireland

B.date13/07/2000

Age23 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

16Taylor2885

Fraser Taylor

Scotland

B.date17/01/2004

Age20 years

positionWinger

28Boyle

Dylan Boyle

Northern Ireland

B.date15/01/2002

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

11McCullough8

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

31Robinson74

Jamie Robinson

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/03/2002

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

2Nelson1881

Kym Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/07/1995

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

39McCallion

Daithí McCallion

Northern Ireland

B.date08/04/2005

Age18 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

29Brown

Sean Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/2005

Age18 years

positionRight full-back

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	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Jamie Robinson	74	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Daithí McCallion		18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Steven McCullough	8	29	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Sean Brown		18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Dylan Boyle		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Donal Rocks	47	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kym Nelson	1881	28	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Mikey Place		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Calvin McCurry		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Fraser Taylor	2885	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crusaders

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Heatley7189

Paul Heatley

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1987

Age36 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

9Lecky118759

Adam Lecky

Northern Ireland

B.date03/05/1991

Age32 years

H1m99

positionCentre forward

25Clarke6254

Ross Clarke

Northern Ireland

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

19Winchester

Jude Winchester

Northern Ireland

B.date13/04/1993

Age30 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Lowry

Philip Lowry

Northern Ireland

B.date15/07/1989

Age34 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Kennedy67

Ben Kennedy

Northern Ireland

B.date12/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

15O'Rourke74

Jarlath O'Rourke

Northern Ireland

B.date13/02/1995

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

20Larmour

Daniel Larmour

Northern Ireland

B.date03/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Burns

Billy Joe Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date28/04/1989

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

14Forsythe

Jordan Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date11/02/1991

Age33 years

positionRight Winger

33Tuffey

Jonathan Tuffey

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1987

Age37 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Jonathan Tuffey		37	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Daniel Larmour		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Joe Burns		34	354	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jarlath O'Rourke	74	29	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Paul Heatley	7189	36	402	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Philip Lowry		34	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jude Winchester		30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Ross Clarke	6254	30	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Adam Lecky	118759	32	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jordan Forsythe		33	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Kennedy	67	27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

31.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Sam Johnston		27
41	D	James Hood	74	16	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Brendan Barr		22
17	M	Andy McGrory		32
21	M	Lewis Tennant		19
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	47	29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Ben Mallon		17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
41	G	Ryan Kerr		18
16	D	Adam McAleenan		23
3	D	Kevin Joshua		22
6	M	Robbie Weir	62	35	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Stewart Nixon	89	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jordan Owens	87	34	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Jay Boyd		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikey Place

Noah Stewart

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy Joe Burns

Lewis Barr

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Ervin

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Ervin vs Crusaders

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2024

Ervin vs Baxter

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Stephen Baxter

835

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Baxter vs Ballymena United

40 victories

13 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2024

Baxter vs Ervin

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 09, 2024

Referee

Shane Mcgonigle

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ballymena United2 matches	General total	Crusaders2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ballymena United1 match	Season total	Crusaders2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2024					Latest figure on March 09, 2024

4th official

Shane Andrews

0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Ballymena United3 matches	General total	Crusaders2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Ballymena United3 matches	Season total	Crusaders2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2024					Latest figure on April 12, 2024

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Comments

Key figures

Ballymena United keeps its 3 consecutive losses vs Crusaders running (since 07/05/2023). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/03/2022-23/09/2022 time period (3 matches).

Paul Heatley scored 11 goals vs Ballymena United in NIFL Premiership with Crusaders

No Crusaders manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Stephen Baxter has done less than 25% of losses .

Read the next 19 key stats

General ranking

-1	8	Carrick Rangers	35 pts	31 rd
+1	9	Glenavon	34 pts	31 rd
-1	10	Dungannon Swifts	31 pts	31 rd
	11	Ballymena United	19 pts	31 rd
	12	Newry City	17 pts	31 rd

General ranking

	2	Linfield	72 pts	31 rd
	3	Cliftonville	67 pts	31 rd
+1	4	Crusaders	51 pts	31 rd
-1	5	Glentoran	49 pts	31 rd
	6	Coleraine	41 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBallymena United 0-0 Larne02/12/2023

LBallymena United 0-2 Carrick Rangers15/12/2023

VBallymena United 3-1 Coleraine26/12/2023

LBallymena United 2-4 Dungannon Swifts13/01/2024

LBallymena United 0-1 Loughgall27/01/2024

LBallymena United 0-1 Larne17/02/2024

Overall

LCliftonville 3-0 Ballymena United20/01/2024

LBallymena United 0-1 Loughgall27/01/2024

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United03/02/2024

DNewry City 1-1 Ballymena United09/02/2024

LBallymena United 0-1 Larne17/02/2024

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United24/02/2024

Current form

Away

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Crusaders08/12/2023

VGlenavon 1-3 Crusaders23/12/2023

LCliftonville 2-1 Crusaders26/12/2023

LLinfield 1-0 Crusaders20/01/2024

DDungannon Swifts 2-2 Crusaders10/02/2024

VLoughgall 0-1 Crusaders17/02/2024

Overall

LCrusaders 0-2 Larne12/01/2024

LLinfield 1-0 Crusaders20/01/2024

LCrusaders 1-2 Glentoran27/01/2024

DDungannon Swifts 2-2 Crusaders10/02/2024

VLoughgall 0-1 Crusaders17/02/2024

VCrusaders 2-0 Glenavon24/02/2024

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	5
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
1183	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	740
12	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
5	Victories (Competition total)	14
2	Victories (Home / Away)	8
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
21	Losses (Competition total)	10
11	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
0.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
0.73	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
1.77	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
18	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
9	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

57	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Noah Stewart	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Ben Kennedy
Noah Stewart	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Ben Kennedy
Steven McCullough	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Ross Clarke
Steven McCullough	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Ross Clarke
Noah Stewart	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Ben Kennedy

Historical head to head

Home

94 matches

35 v

26 d

33 l

136 gf

129 ga

Away

92 matches

21 v

20 d

51 l

105 gf

173 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

3 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

190 matches

56 v

49 d

85 l

245 gf

307 ga

Historical head to head

Home

92 matches

51 v

20 d

21 l

173 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

190 matches

85 v

49 d

56 l

307 gf

245 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 06, 2016
Away	4 - 0	May 07, 2023

Latest head to head

October 13, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Crusaders

1 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

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

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.

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
Jordan Forsythe	3 goals	2015 - 2022
Colin Coates	3 goals	2013 - 2017

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

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

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Billy Joe Burns	29 matches	2014 - 2023
Jordan Owens	29 matches	2012 - 2023
Declan Caddell	27 matches	2012 - 2023
Paul Heatley	26 matches	2012 - 2023
Jordan Forsythe	26 matches	2015 - 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.

They played in both sides

Gary Thompson

152 matches

64 matches

2012 - 2023

David Cushley

126 matches

135 matches

2012 - 2021

Jonathan McMurray

96 matches

50 matches

2016 - 2024

William Faulkner

93 matches

2 matches

2011 - 2019

Jude Winchester

85 matches

70 matches

2018 - 2024

Paul McElroy

83 matches

14 matches

2019 - 2023

Total : 27 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

Sean O'Neill

65 matches

263 matches

2011 - 2024

Colin Coates

8 matches

220 matches

2009 - 2023

David Cushley

126 matches

135 matches

2012 - 2021

Adam Lecky

51 matches

131 matches

2018 - 2024

Gary McCutcheon

4 matches

85 matches

2012 - 2015

Jude Winchester

85 matches

70 matches

2018 - 2024

Total : 27 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

February 20, 2024

Cliftonville

0 3

Linfield

Line-ups available

March 09, 2024

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Larne	74	31	22	8	1	61	16	+45
2	Linfield	72	31	23	3	5	67	33	+34
3	Cliftonville	67	31	21	4	6	70	26	+44
+14	Crusaders	51	31	15	6	10	53	35	+18
-15	Glentoran	49	31	14	7	10	62	39	+23
6	Coleraine	41	31	12	5	14	41	56	-15
+17	Loughgall	36	31	10	6	15	46	55	-9
-18	Carrick Rangers	35	31	10	5	16	39	62	-23
+19	Glenavon	34	31	10	4	17	38	52	-14
-110	Dungannon Swifts	31	31	8	7	16	51	63	-12
11	Ballymena United	19	31	5	4	22	20	57	-37
12	Newry City	17	31	4	5	22	22	76	-54

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Ballymena United 2-4 Crusaders - March 09, 2024 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

2 - 4

Crusaders

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 Crusaders

Ervin vs Baxter

Manager

Baxter vs Ballymena United

Baxter 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 Crusaders

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Crusaders

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