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Ballymena United 2-2 Linfield - January 27, 2018 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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11' - Goal Mark Stafford

26' - Goal Jonathan McMurray26

37' - Yellow card Roy Carroll

38' - Yellow card Stephen McAlorum38

42' - Goal Andy Waterworth

45' - Yellow card Kevin Braniff45

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57' - Yellow card Mark Haughey

62' - Substitution William Faulkneris substituted by Cathair Friel62

63' - Yellow card Kirk Millar

65' - Red card Mark Haughey

68' - Substitution Kurtis Byrneis substituted by Josh Robinson

70' - Yellow card Jordan Stewart

71' - Substitution Jordan Stewartis substituted by Stephen Lowry

73' - Substitution Tony Kaneis substituted by Joe McKinney73

76' - Goal Joe McKinney76

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

2 - 2

Linfield

Ballymena United Linfield

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

1 Glendinning

Ross Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1993

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

29 Balmer

Kofi Balmer

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/2000

Age17 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Kane73

Tony Kane

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1987

Age30 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

2 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

22 McCullough

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

14 McAlorum38

Stephen McAlorum

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1986

Age31 years

positionMidfield

10 Braniff45

Kevin Braniff

Northern Ireland

B.date04/03/1983

Age34 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

26 Faulkner62

William Faulkner

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1990

Age28 years

positionForward

32 McMurray26

Jonathan McMurray

Northern Ireland

B.date19/09/1994

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

11 Shevlin

Matthew Shevlin

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1998

Age19 years

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Glendinning		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Kofi Balmer		17	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tony Kane	73	30	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jim Ervin		32	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Steven McCullough		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Stephen McAlorum	38	31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kevin Braniff	45	34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	William Faulkner	62	28	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Jonathan McMurray	26	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Matthew Shevlin		19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Linfield

1 Carroll37

Roy Carroll

Northern Ireland

B.date30/09/1977

Age40 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

2 Stafford11

Mark Stafford

Northern Ireland

B.date20/08/1987

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

5 Haughey5765

Mark Haughey

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1991

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

6 Callacher

Jimmy Callacher

Northern Ireland

B.date11/06/1991

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

31 Quinn

Niall Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1993

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

27 Mitchell

Andrew Mitchell

Northern Ireland

B.date06/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

10 Stewart7170

Jordan Stewart

Northern Ireland

B.date31/03/1995

Age22 years

positionRight Midfielder

22 Mulgrew

Jamie Mulgrew

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1986

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

15 Byrne68

Kurtis Byrne

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/04/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

12 Millar63

Kirk Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date07/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

34 Waterworth42

Andy Waterworth

Northern Ireland

B.date11/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roy Carroll	37	40	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mark Stafford	11	30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Haughey	5765	27	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jimmy Callacher		26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Niall Quinn		24	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Andrew Mitchell		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jordan Stewart	7170	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jamie Mulgrew		31	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Kurtis Byrne	68	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kirk Millar	63	25	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	F	Andy Waterworth	42	31	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	D	Emmett Friars		32
8	F	Joe McKinney	7673	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Cathair Friel	62	24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	D	Josh Robinson	68	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Robert Garrett		29
8	M	Stephen Lowry	71	31	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Louis Rooney		21
9	F	Brandon Adams		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

William Faulkner

Conor McCloskey

OUT

Jonathan McMurray

Francis McCaffrey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Stafford

Josh Robinson

OUT

Niall Quinn

Matthew Clarke

OUT

Jordan Stewart

Stephen Lowry

OUT

Andy Waterworth

Achille Campion

OUT

Andrew Mitchell

Robert Garrett

OUT

Jamie Mulgrew

Ryan Waide

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Jeffrey vs Linfield

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Jeffrey vs Healy

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

David Healy

114

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Healy vs Ballymena United

8 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Healy vs Jeffrey

5 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Referee

Steven Gregg

11 victories	5 draws	8 losses	Ballymena United24 matches	General total	Linfield17 matches	13 victories	2 draws	2 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Ballymena United4 matches	Season total	Linfield2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2024					Latest figure on February 24, 2024

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Key figures

End of streak for Ballymena United after 17 consecutive matches without a draw vs Linfield (since 14/09/2013). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/11/2000 (12 matches)

Ballymena United keeps its 21 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Linfield running (since 05/11/2012). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/11/2003 (11 matches)

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

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

4	Cliftonville	45 pts	25 rd
5	Linfield	44 pts	24 rd
6	Ballymena United	35 pts	25 rd
7	Glentoran	31 pts	24 rd
8	Dungannon Swifts	28 pts	26 rd

General ranking

3	Glenavon	50 pts	24 rd
4	Cliftonville	45 pts	25 rd
5	Linfield	44 pts	24 rd
6	Ballymena United	35 pts	25 rd
7	Glentoran	31 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBallymena United 2-1 Dungannon Swifts18/11/2017

VBallymena United 2-1 Ballinamallard United02/12/2017

VBallymena United 3-1 Carrick Rangers16/12/2017

VBallymena United 3-1 Glenavon30/12/2017

VBallymena United 4-0 Moyola Park06/01/2018

VBallymena United 3-0 Carrick Rangers13/01/2018

Overall

LCrusaders 2-1 Ballymena United22/12/2017

DColeraine 1-1 Ballymena United26/12/2017

VBallymena United 3-1 Glenavon30/12/2017

VBallymena United 4-0 Moyola Park06/01/2018

VBallymena United 3-0 Carrick Rangers13/01/2018

LArds 1-0 Ballymena United20/01/2018

Current form

Away

VBallinamallard United 0-6 Linfield04/11/2017

LBallymena United 2-1 Linfield10/11/2017

LCrusaders 2-0 Linfield15/11/2017

VGlenavon 0-1 Linfield24/11/2017

LGlentoran 2-1 Linfield26/12/2017

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Linfield09/01/2018

Overall

VLinfield 2-0 Cliftonville23/12/2017

LGlentoran 2-1 Linfield26/12/2017

LLinfield 1-2 Crusaders30/12/2017

VLinfield 5-0 Glebe Rangers06/01/2018

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Linfield09/01/2018

LLinfield 2-3 Glenavon20/01/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	4
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	16	6
Scoring streak	3	10
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	5
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
905	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	773
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	23
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
10	Victories (Competition total)	14
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
4	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
10	Losses (Competition total)	8
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.04
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.18
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.09

Betting aid

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

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
33	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Cathair Friel	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Andy Waterworth
Cathair Friel	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Mark Haughey
Tony Kane	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Andrew Mitchell
Tony Kane	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Aaron Burns
Tony Kane	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Kirk Millar
Tony Kane	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Kirk Millar
Kevin Braniff	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Andy Waterworth

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

25 v

22 d

50 l

133 gf

208 ga

Away

93 matches

10 v

14 d

69 l

86 gf

230 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

197 matches

38 v

37 d

122 l

228 gf

447 ga

Historical head to head

Home

93 matches

69 v

14 d

10 l

230 gf

86 ga

Away

97 matches

50 v

22 d

25 l

208 gf

133 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

3 v

1 d

3 l

9 gf

9 ga

Total

197 matches

122 v

37 d

38 l

447 gf

228 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 29, 1979
Home	5 - 0	December 29, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	November 21, 1936
Away	7 - 0	November 21, 1936

Latest head to head

November 10, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Ballymena United

2 - 1

Linfield

August 26, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Linfield

1 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

April 15, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ballymena United

0 - 2

Linfield

January 21, 2017 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

2 - 0

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

December 17, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Linfield

2 - 1

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

Best historical scorers against Linfield

David Cushley	5 goals	2013 - 2015
Johnny Taylor	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Jamie Davidson	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Eoin Kane	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Alan Teggart	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Tony Kane	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Andy Waterworth	11 goals	2013 - 2017
Aaron Burns	4 goals	2013 - 2015
Matthew Tipton	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Sean Ward	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Jimmy Callacher	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Jamie Mulgrew	2 goals	2014 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Linfield

Tony Kane	16 matches	2012 - 2017
Allan Jenkins	15 matches	2012 - 2017
Gary Thompson	12 matches	2012 - 2017
David Cushley	11 matches	2012 - 2016
Jim Ervin	11 matches	2014 - 2017
Johnny Taylor	10 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ballymena United

Andy Waterworth	14 matches	2013 - 2017
Jamie Mulgrew	14 matches	2012 - 2017
Aaron Burns	13 matches	2013 - 2017
Niall Quinn	13 matches	2013 - 2017
Mark Haughey	12 matches	2014 - 2017
Sean Ward	11 matches	2013 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/08/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim Ervin

123 matches

44 matches

2005 - 2018

Matthew Tipton

55 matches

43 matches

2012 - 2016

Ross Glendinning

40 matches

72 matches

2012 - 2018

Kyle McVey

33 matches

16 matches

2013 - 2016

Alan Blayney

31 matches

32 matches

2009 - 2017

Michael McLellan

19 matches

14 matches

2013 - 2016

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ross Glendinning

40 matches

72 matches

2012 - 2018

Michael Gault

12 matches

66 matches

2004 - 2017

Brian McCaul

12 matches

51 matches

2010 - 2015

Jim Ervin

123 matches

44 matches

2005 - 2018

Matthew Tipton

55 matches

43 matches

2012 - 2016

Alan Blayney

31 matches

32 matches

2009 - 2017

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 26, 2018

Ballinamallard

6 4

Cliftonville

Line-ups available

Glenavon

3 3

Warrenpoint Town

Line-ups available

January 27, 2018

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crusaders	64	26	20	4	2	75	26	+49
2	Coleraine	63	26	19	6	1	53	19	+34
3	Glenavon	50	24	15	5	4	62	32	+30
4	Cliftonville	45	25	14	3	8	47	30	+17
5	Linfield	44	24	14	2	8	49	28	+21
6	Ballymena United	35	25	10	5	10	41	44	-3
7	Glentoran	31	24	8	7	9	25	30	-5
8	Dungannon Swifts	28	26	8	4	14	21	39	-18
9	Ards	24	25	7	3	15	23	43	-20
10	Warrenpoint Town	18	25	4	6	15	34	55	-21
11	Carrick Rangers	11	24	2	5	17	15	55	-40
12	Ballinamallard United	10	26	2	4	20	23	67	-44

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Ballymena United 2-2 Linfield - January 27, 2018 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Ballymena United

2 - 2

Linfield

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

Jeffrey vs Linfield

Jeffrey vs Healy

Manager

Healy vs Ballymena United

Healy vs Jeffrey

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 Linfield

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Linfield

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