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Carrick Rangers 2-1 Ballymena United - April 13, 2024 / Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

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Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024 - Round 35

Loughview Leisure Arena - Carrickfergus - Northern Ireland

April 13, 2024 - 15:00

2 - 1

Ballymena United

(right foot) Ben Tilney

66'

(right foot) Daniel Gibson

77'

90+4'

Noah Stewart (right foot) Assist by Fraser Taylor

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3' - Yellow card Alex Gawne

14' - Yellow card David Cushley14

20' - Yellow card Jonathan McMurray

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55' - Yellow card Joe Crowe55

66' - Goal Ben Tilney66

66' - Substitution Brendan Barris substituted by Donal Rocks

73' - Substitution Kyle Cherryis substituted by Andrew Mitchell photo Emmett McGuckin

73' - Substitution Curtis Allenis substituted by Emmett McGuckin73

77' - Goal Daniel Gibson77

77' - Substitution Jonathan McMurrayis substituted by Noah Stewart

80' - Yellow card Kym Nelson

84' - Substitution Ben Tilneyis substituted by B. Buchanan-Rolleston photo Nedas Maciulaitis

84' - Substitution David Cushleyis substituted by Nedas Maciulaitis photo Lewis MacKinnon

84' - Substitution Daniel Gibsonis substituted by Lewis MacKinnon84

85' - Substitution Kym Nelsonis substituted by Daithí McCallion

94' - Goal Noah Stewart

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Carrick Rangers

2 - 1

Ballymena United

Carrick Rangers Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Carrick Rangers

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

24Gibson7784

Daniel Gibson

Northern Ireland

B.date10/06/1995

Age28 years

positionForward

10Allen73

Curtis Allen

Northern Ireland

B.date22/08/1988

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

30Teelan

James Teelan

Northern Ireland

B.date17/10/2002

Age21 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

19Crowe55

Joe Crowe

Northern Ireland

B.date20/04/1998

Age25 years

positionVersatile Defender

20Cherry73

Kyle Cherry

Northern Ireland

B.date13/05/1993

Age30 years

positionCentre Midfield

7Cushley8414

David Cushley

Northern Ireland

B.date22/07/1989

Age34 years

positionLeft Winger

39Tilney6684

Ben Tilney

England

B.date28/02/1997

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

6Gordon

Stephen Gordon

Northern Ireland

B.date27/07/1993

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Watson

Albert Watson

Northern Ireland

B.date08/09/1985

Age38 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2Forsythe

Kurtis Forsythe

Northern Ireland

B.date28/09/2002

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

1Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Glendinning		30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Joe Crowe	55	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Albert Watson		38	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Ben Tilney	6684	27	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kurtis Forsythe		21	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Stephen Gordon		30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Kyle Cherry	73	30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	David Cushley	8414	34	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Curtis Allen	73	35	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Daniel Gibson	7784	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	James Teelan		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ballymena United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Gawne3

Alex Gawne

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/2001

Age22 years

H1m71

positionForward

36McCurry

Calvin McCurry

Northern Ireland

B.date26/12/2001

Age22 years

H1m88

positionForward

27McMurray7720

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

16Taylor

Fraser Taylor

Scotland

B.date17/01/2004

Age20 years

positionWinger

28Boyle

Dylan Boyle

Northern Ireland

B.date15/01/2002

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

35Barr66

Brendan Barr

Republic of Ireland

B.date05/05/2001

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

11McCullough

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

2Nelson8580

Kym Nelson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/07/1995

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

5Whiteside

Scott Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date16/06/1997

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

29Brown

Sean Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date01/04/2005

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

1O'Neill

Sean O'Neill

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1988

Age36 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean O'Neill		36	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Scott Whiteside		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Brendan Barr	66	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Steven McCullough		29	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Sean Brown		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Dylan Boyle		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kym Nelson	8580	28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	7720	29	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Calvin McCurry		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Fraser Taylor		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Alex Gawne	3	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Ben McCauley		25
12	D	Lewis MacKinnon	84	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Andrew Mitchell	73	32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Will Arnold		19
15	M	B. Buchanan-Rolleston	84	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Emmett McGuckin	73	33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Nedas Maciulaitis	84	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Sam Johnston		28
39	D	Daithí McCallion	85	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Jamie Robinson		22
4	M	Donal Rocks	66	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Andy McGrory		32
21	M	Lewis Tennant		19
33	F	Noah Stewart	9477	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Curtis Allen

Cameron Stewart

OUT

Daniel Gibson

Nedas Maciulaitis

OUT

Kyle Cherry

Benjamin Buchanan-Rolleston

OUT

Ben Tilney

Lewis MacKinnon

OUT

Kurtis Forsythe

Danny Purkis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart King

121

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

King vs Ballymena United

8 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 2024

King vs Ervin

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Ervin

Success rate in this team:

21 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

21 %

Ervin vs Carrick Rangers

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 2024

Ervin vs King

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 2024

Referee

Lee Tavinder

4 victories	4 draws	15 losses	Carrick Rangers23 matches	General total	Ballymena United25 matches	10 victories	6 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Carrick Rangers4 matches	Season total	Ballymena United3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 13, 2024					Latest figure on April 13, 2024

4th official

Jamie Robinson

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Carrick Rangers1 match	General total	Ballymena United2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Carrick Rangers1 match	Season total	Ballymena United2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 13, 2024					Latest figure on April 13, 2024

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Jimmy Hill head of Carrick Rangers (01/11/1988-01/02/1991), you can see a manager go over Stuart King with 1.2 goals scored per game in NIFL Premiership (1.2).

Carrick Rangers keeps its 20 consecutive matches without a draw vs Ballymena United in NIFL Premiership running (since 16/12/2017). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/03/1988 (6 matches)

It's the first time Ben Tilney scores a goal in NIFL Premiership since the 09/09/2023 (with Ballymena United vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCarrick Rangers 0-0 Portadown06/01/2024

LCarrick Rangers 0-2 Glenavon13/01/2024

LCarrick Rangers 0-1 Cliftonville26/01/2024

VCarrick Rangers 2-1 Dungannon Swifts17/02/2024

LCarrick Rangers 0-1 Newry City09/03/2024

LCarrick Rangers 2-3 Linfield02/04/2024

Overall

VCarrick Rangers 2-1 Dungannon Swifts17/02/2024

DLoughgall 3-3 Carrick Rangers24/02/2024

LCarrick Rangers 0-1 Newry City09/03/2024

VBallymena United 0-2 Carrick Rangers16/03/2024

LCarrick Rangers 2-3 Linfield02/04/2024

LDungannon Swifts 3-2 Carrick Rangers06/04/2024

Current form

Away

LCliftonville 3-0 Ballymena United20/01/2024

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United03/02/2024

DNewry City 1-1 Ballymena United09/02/2024

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United24/02/2024

LGlentoran 4-0 Ballymena United23/03/2024

VLoughgall 2-3 Ballymena United06/04/2024

Overall

LBallymena United 0-1 Larne17/02/2024

LLinfield 2-0 Ballymena United24/02/2024

LBallymena United 2-4 Crusaders09/03/2024

LBallymena United 0-2 Carrick Rangers16/03/2024

LGlentoran 4-0 Ballymena United23/03/2024

VLoughgall 2-3 Ballymena United06/04/2024

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	6	11

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

992	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1205
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
11	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
18	Losses (Competition total)	24
11	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
68	Goals conceded (Competition total)	65
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	35
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.68
0.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.59
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.91
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.06

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	20
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

79	Yellow cards (Competition total)	63
38	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
7	Red cards (Competition total)	5
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Danny Purkis	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Noah Stewart
Curtis Allen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Noah Stewart
David Cushley	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Steven McCullough
David Cushley	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Steven McCullough
Ben Tilney	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Steven McCullough
Andrew Mitchell	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jonathan McMurray
Danny Purkis	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Fraser Taylor

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

7 v

6 d

16 l

28 gf

54 ga

Away

36 matches

11 v

5 d

20 l

40 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

66 matches

18 v

11 d

37 l

69 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

20 v

5 d

11 l

64 gf

40 ga

Away

29 matches

16 v

6 d

7 l

54 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

66 matches

37 v

11 d

18 l

122 gf

69 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 25, 2022
Home	3 - 0	January 25, 2022

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 21, 1985
Away	4 - 0	May 04, 2021

Latest head to head

March 16, 2024 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

0 - 2

Carrick Rangers logo Carrick Rangers

December 15, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Ballymena United

0 - 2

Carrick Rangers logo Carrick Rangers

September 09, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2023/2024

Carrick Rangers

0 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

April 29, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Ballymena United

1 - 0

Carrick Rangers logo Carrick Rangers

February 14, 2023 - Danske Bank Premiership 2022/2023

Carrick Rangers

1 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

David Cushley	4 goals	2022 - 2023
Daniel Kelly	2 goals	2019 - 2020
Danny Purkis	2 goals	2023 - 2023
Nedas Maciulaitis	2 goals	2023 - 2024
Jordan Gibson	2 goals	2021 - 2021
Kyle Cherry	1 goal	2020 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Carrick Rangers

Cathair Friel	3 goals	2016 - 2017
Shay McCartan	3 goals	2021 - 2021
Jonathan McMurray	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Kyle Owens	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Matthew Shevlin	2 goals	2017 - 2018
Kevin Braniff	2 goals	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Mark Surgenor	21 matches	2015 - 2023
Kyle Cherry	15 matches	2015 - 2024
Lloyd Anderson	15 matches	2019 - 2023
Daniel Kelly	13 matches	2015 - 2022
Lee Chapman	12 matches	2016 - 2021
Kurtis Forsythe	11 matches	2021 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2015. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Carrick Rangers

Steven McCullough	16 matches	2017 - 2023
Leroy Millar	14 matches	2015 - 2022
Jim Ervin	13 matches	2015 - 2021
Tony Kane	12 matches	2015 - 2021
Ross Redman	12 matches	2020 - 2023
Joshua Kelly	11 matches	2019 - 2023