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Ards 4-2 Ballymena United - December 31, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

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9' - Own goal Aaron Hogg

25' - Goal Carl McComb25

42' - Goal Jonathan McMurray

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46' - Goal Kyle Cherry46

59' - Yellow card Emmett Friars59

66' - Substitution Guillaume Kekeis substituted by Gary Liggett66

74' - Substitution Allan Jenkinsis substituted by Gavin Taggart photo Eoin Kane

74' - Substitution William Faulkneris substituted by Eoin Kane

79' - Goal Emmett Friars79

82' - Substitution Adam McCrackenis substituted by Darren Henderson

84' - Goal Gary Liggett84

92' - Substitution Carl McCombis substituted by Ross Arthurs92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ards

4 - 2

Ballymena United

Ards Ballymena United

Team line-ups

Ards

18 Hogg9

Aaron Hogg

Northern Ireland

B.date14/01/1988

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

5 Taylor

Johnny Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

2 Hall

Greg Hall

Northern Ireland

B.date11/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefender

3 Ruddy

Michael Ruddy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1993

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

25 Friars7959

Emmett Friars

Northern Ireland

B.date14/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

20 Cherry46

Kyle Cherry

Northern Ireland

B.date13/05/1993

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

11 McAllister

David McAllister

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1994

Age22 years

positionLeft Midfielder

7 McMillan

Craig McMillan

Northern Ireland

B.date21/07/1987

Age29 years

positionLeft Midfielder

16 Tommons

Gareth Tommons

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1989

Age27 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

15 McComb2590+2

Carl McComb

Northern Ireland

B.date14/08/1992

Age24 years

positionForward

19 Keke66

Guillaume Keke

France

B.date13/03/1991

Age25 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Aaron Hogg	9	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Johnny Taylor		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Greg Hall		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Michael Ruddy		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Emmett Friars	7959	31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Kyle Cherry	46	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	David McAllister		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Craig McMillan		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Gareth Tommons		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Carl McComb	2590+2	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Guillaume Keke	66	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ballymena United

1 Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

39 McCracken82

Adam McCracken

Northern Ireland

B.date21/11/1998

Age18 years

positionLeft full-back

2 Kane

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

21 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

10 Jenkins74

Allan Jenkins

Scotland

B.date07/10/1981

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

23 Millar

Leroy Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1995

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

29 McCaffrey

Francis McCaffrey

Northern Ireland

B.date22/04/1993

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

12 Faulkner74

William Faulkner

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1990

Age26 years

positionForward

14 Friel

Cathair Friel

Northern Ireland

B.date25/05/1993

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

27 McMurray42

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Glendinning		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Adam McCracken	82	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Tony Kane		29	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Jim Ervin		31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Allan Jenkins	74	35	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Leroy Millar		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Francis McCaffrey		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	William Faulkner	74	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Cathair Friel		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jonathan McMurray	42	22	19	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
12	D	Jordan Hughes		25
4	D	Stuart McMullan		27
9	F	Gary Liggett	8466	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Ross Arthurs	90+2	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Alan Blayney		35
34	D	Caolan Loughran		21
8	M	Gavin Taggart	74	32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Eoin Kane	74	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darren Henderson	82	30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig McMillan

David McCullough

OUT

Carl McComb

Joe McKinney

OUT

Johnny Taylor

Stuart McMullan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kyle Owens

Caolan Loughran

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Nixon

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Nixon vs Ballymena United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2016

Nixon vs Jeffrey

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Jeffrey vs Ards

25 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 2016

Jeffrey vs Nixon

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2016

Referee

Evan Boyce

7 victories	3 draws	4 losses	Ards14 matches	General total	Ballymena United28 matches	13 victories	6 draws	9 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Ards4 matches	Season total	Ballymena United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 23, 2019					Latest figure on March 14, 2023

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Key figures

Ards keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Ballymena United at home running (since 30/08/2013). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/03/2005 (2 matches)

It's the first time Kyle Cherry scores 1 goal vs in NIFL Premiership with Ards

No Ballymena United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Jeffrey has reached 1.91 goals conceded per game in NIFL Premiership.

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

-1	7	Glenavon	31 pts	22 rd
	8	Glentoran	25 pts	23 rd
	9	Ards	23 pts	23 rd
	10	Ballinamallard United	18 pts	22 rd
	11	Carrick Rangers	13 pts	23 rd

General ranking

	2	Linfield	49 pts	23 rd
	3	Cliftonville	45 pts	23 rd
	4	Ballymena United	39 pts	23 rd
	5	Coleraine	34 pts	23 rd
+1	6	Dungannon Swifts	31 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArds 2-4 Warrenpoint Town12/10/2016

DArds 3-3 Dungannon Swifts22/10/2016

LArds 2-4 Ballymena United05/11/2016

LArds 0-1 Glenavon12/11/2016

DArds 3-3 Ballinamallard United02/12/2016

LArds 0-2 Linfield10/12/2016

Overall

LCrusaders 1-0 Ards19/11/2016

LGlentoran 1-0 Ards26/11/2016

DArds 3-3 Ballinamallard United02/12/2016

LArds 0-2 Linfield10/12/2016

DColeraine 1-1 Ards17/12/2016

DCarrick Rangers 1-1 Ards26/12/2016

Current form

Away

LGlenavon 5-0 Ballymena United22/10/2016

VArds 2-4 Ballymena United05/11/2016

VWarrenpoint Town 0-2 Ballymena United16/11/2016

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United26/11/2016

VGlentoran 2-3 Ballymena United10/12/2016

LLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United17/12/2016

Overall

LCliftonville 2-0 Ballymena United26/11/2016

VBallymena United 2-0 Portadown03/12/2016

VGlentoran 2-3 Ballymena United10/12/2016

VBallymena United 3-0 Coleraine13/12/2016

LLinfield 2-1 Ballymena United17/12/2016

VBallymena United 2-0 Coleraine26/12/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	7	13
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	8	16

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	15
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	4
9	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
1355	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	932
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
5	Victories (Competition total)	12
3	Victories (Home / Away)	5
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	46
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.09
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.73
1.77	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.95
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.18

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
6	Red cards (Competition total)	1
4	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Michael Ruddy	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Cathair Friel
Michael Ruddy	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Cathair Friel
Michael Ruddy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	7 penalties	Tony Kane
Michael Ruddy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Tony Kane
Emmett Friars	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Tony Kane

Historical head to head

Home

69 matches

23 v

20 d

26 l

117 gf

110 ga

Away

74 matches

20 v

21 d

33 l

110 gf

146 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

145 matches

45 v

41 d

59 l

232 gf

258 ga

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

33 v

21 d

20 l

146 gf

110 ga

Away

69 matches

26 v

20 d

23 l

110 gf

117 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

145 matches

59 v

41 d

45 l

258 gf

232 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	January 01, 1949
Home	8 - 0	January 01, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	December 17, 1932
Away	6 - 2	December 10, 1938

Latest head to head

November 05, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ards

2 - 4

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

August 20, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

3 - 4

Ards

April 26, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Ballymena United

1 - 1

Ards

January 01, 2014 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Ards

0 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

November 16, 2013 - Danske Bank Premiership 2013/2014

Ballymena United

4 - 2

Ards

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

William Faulkner	3 goals	2013 - 2014
Stuart McMullan	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Joe McKinney	1 goal	2016 - 2016
David McAllister	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Neil Dougan	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Emmett Friars	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ards

Cathair Friel	4 goals	2016 - 2016
Gary Thompson	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Tony Kane	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Caolan Loughran	1 goal	2016 - 2016
David Cushley	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Craig McMillan	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Neil Dougan	4 matches	2013 - 2014
William Faulkner	4 matches	2013 - 2014
Andy Hunter	4 matches	2013 - 2014
Ryan Henderson	3 matches	2013 - 2014
Greg Hall	3 matches	2013 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ards

Tony Kane	5 matches	2013 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	5 matches	2013 - 2016
Gary Thompson	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Neil Lowry	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Alan Teggart	3 matches	2013 - 2014
Shane Dolan	3 matches	2013 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

William Faulkner

36 matches

44 matches

2013 - 2016

Michael Ruddy

19 matches

67 matches

2012 - 2016

Johnny Taylor

16 matches

105 matches

2012 - 2016

Alan Blayney

11 matches

30 matches

2014 - 2016

Gary Liggett

8 matches

32 matches

2013 - 2016

Billy McAvoy

4 matches

1 match

1969 - 1978

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Johnny Taylor

16 matches

105 matches

2012 - 2016

Michael Ruddy

19 matches

67 matches

2012 - 2016

William Faulkner

36 matches

44 matches

2013 - 2016

Gary Liggett

8 matches

32 matches

2013 - 2016

Alan Blayney

11 matches

30 matches

2014 - 2016

William Bingham

1 match

3 matches

2012 - 2014

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 30, 2016

Glenavon

2 2

Cliftonville

Line-ups available

Ballinamallard

1 0

Portadown

Line-ups available

December 31, 2016

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	53	23	16	5	2	51	20	+31
2	Linfield	49	23	14	7	2	52	16	+36
3	Cliftonville	45	23	14	3	6	40	26	+14
4	Ballymena United	39	23	12	3	8	48	47	+1
5	Coleraine	34	23	9	7	7	31	25	+6
+16	Dungannon Swifts	31	23	8	7	8	40	33	+7
-17	Glenavon	31	22	7	10	5	35	32	+3
8	Glentoran	25	23	6	7	10	24	35	-11
9	Ards	23	23	6	5	12	31	41	-10
10	Ballinamallard United	18	22	5	3	14	24	45	-21
11	Carrick Rangers	13	23	3	4	16	17	51	-34
12	Portadown	6	23	5	3	15	18	40	-22

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Ards 4-2 Ballymena United - December 31, 2016 / Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ards

4 - 2

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

Nixon vs Ballymena United

Nixon vs Jeffrey

Manager

Jeffrey vs Ards

Jeffrey vs Nixon

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 Ards

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Ards

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking