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Ballymena United 6-3 Ards - October 14, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

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Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018 - Round 11

The Showgrounds - Ballymena - Northern Ireland

October 14, 2017

Ballymena United

6 - 3

Ards

Assist by Cathair FrielGary Thompson

17'

Andrew Burns

29'

Assist by Leroy MillarCathair Friel

52'

Assist by Kevin Braniff (header) Joe McKinney

77'

Leroy Millar

81'

(penalty) Kevin Braniff

89'

37'

Gareth Tommons

79'

Reece Glendinning

80'

Michael Ruddy (penalty)

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17' - Goal Gary Thompson17

29' - Goal Andrew Burns29

37' - Goal Gareth Tommons

43' - Yellow card Nathan Hanley

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52' - Goal Cathair Friel52

53' - Yellow card Andrew Burns53

56' - Substitution David McAllisteris substituted by Jonah Mitchell

64' - Substitution Craig McMillenis substituted by Ben Arthurs

77' - Goal Joe McKinney77

79' - Goal Reece Glendinning

80' - Goal Michael Ruddy

81' - Goal Leroy Millar81

83' - Yellow card Gareth Tommons

84' - Substitution Guillaume Kekeis substituted by Michael McLellan

86' - Yellow card Callum Byers

88' - Yellow card Johnny Taylor

89' - Goal Kevin Braniff89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ballymena United

6 - 3

Ards

Ballymena United Ards

Team line-ups

Ballymena United

18 Brennan

Conor Brennan

Northern Ireland

B.date30/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

4 Owens

Kyle Owens

Northern Ireland

B.date09/07/1992

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

22 McCullough

Steven McCullough

Northern Ireland

B.date30/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

14 Burns2953

Andrew Burns

Northern Ireland

B.date29/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

2 Ervin

Jim Ervin

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

17 Millar81

Leroy Millar

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1995

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

6 Gault

Michael Gault

Northern Ireland

B.date15/04/1983

Age34 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

7 Thompson17

Gary Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date26/05/1990

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

10 Braniff89

Kevin Braniff

Northern Ireland

B.date04/03/1983

Age34 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

8 McKinney77

Joe McKinney

Northern Ireland

B.date02/01/1994

Age23 years

positionForward

13 Friel52

Cathair Friel

Northern Ireland

B.date25/05/1993

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Conor Brennan		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kyle Owens		25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Steven McCullough		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Andrew Burns	2953	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jim Ervin		32	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Leroy Millar	81	22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Michael Gault		34	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gary Thompson	17	27	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kevin Braniff	89	34	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Joe McKinney	77	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Cathair Friel	52	24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ards

1 Johnston

Sam Johnston

Northern Ireland

B.date26/03/1996

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

4 Hanley43

Nathan Hanley

Northern Ireland

B.date18/07/1990

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefender

5 Taylor88

Johnny Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

21 Byers86

Callum Byers

Northern Ireland

B.date28/07/1997

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

23 Elebert

David Elebert

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/03/1986

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

3 Ruddy80

Michael Ruddy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1993

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Glendinning79

Reece Glendinning

Northern Ireland

B.date09/06/1995

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

7 McMillen64

Craig McMillen

Northern Ireland

B.date19/07/1987

Age30 years

positionLeft Midfielder

11 McAllister56

David McAllister

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1994

Age23 years

positionLeft Midfielder

16 Tommons3783

Gareth Tommons

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1989

Age28 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

19 Keke84

Guillaume Keke

France

B.date13/03/1991

Age26 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sam Johnston		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nathan Hanley	43	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Johnny Taylor	88	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Callum Byers	86	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	David Elebert		31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Michael Ruddy	80	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Reece Glendinning	79	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Craig McMillen	64	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	David McAllister	56	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Gareth Tommons	3783	28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Guillaume Keke	84	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes			Age
1	G	Ross Glendinning	24
3	D	Johnny Flynn	27
5	D	Tony Kane	30
9	F	Conor McCloskey	25
26	F	William Faulkner	27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
10	F	Michael McLellan	84	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Jonah Mitchell	56	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Ben Arthurs	64	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Gary Liggett		30

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig McMillen

Kyle Cherry

OUT

Guillaume Keke

Gary Liggett

OUT

Michael Ruddy

Carl McComb

OUT

Gareth Tommons

Jonathan Frazer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

David Jeffrey

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Jeffrey vs Ards

26 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 2017

Jeffrey vs Nixon

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Colin Nixon

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Nixon vs Ballymena United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2017

Nixon vs Jeffrey

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2017

Referee

Ian McNabb

14 victories	5 draws	16 losses	Ballymena United35 matches	General total	Ards12 matches	3 victories	1 draw	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ballymena United2 matches	Season total	Ards4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on April 20, 2024					Latest figure on February 09, 2019

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Joe McKinney scores 1 goal in NIFL Premiership with Ballymena United

Ballymena United keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Ards in NIFL Premiership running (since 20/08/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/11/2013 (2 matches)

It's the first time Joe McKinney scores a goal in NIFL Premiership since the 08/10/2016 (with Ards vs Coleraine )

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

-1	6	Glentoran	18 pts	11 rd
	7	Dungannon Swifts	14 pts	11 rd
	8	Ballymena United	13 pts	11 rd
+2	9	Carrick Rangers	9 pts	10 rd
-1	10	Ards	7 pts	11 rd

General ranking

	8	Ballymena United	13 pts	11 rd
+2	9	Carrick Rangers	9 pts	10 rd
-1	10	Ards	7 pts	11 rd
-1	11	Warrenpoint Town	7 pts	11 rd
	12	Ballinamallard United	1 pt	10 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBallymena United 1-6 Glenavon19/08/2017

VBallymena United 3-0 Knockbreda29/08/2017

VBallymena United 1-0 Cliftonville02/09/2017

LBallymena United 1-3 Glentoran16/09/2017

LBallymena United 0-2 Coleraine30/09/2017

VBallymena United 2-0 Portadown10/10/2017

Overall

VWarrenpoint Town 1-3 Ballymena United09/09/2017

LBallymena United 1-3 Glentoran16/09/2017

VBallinamallard United 1-3 Ballymena United23/09/2017

LBallymena United 0-2 Coleraine30/09/2017

LDungannon Swifts 2-1 Ballymena United07/10/2017

VBallymena United 2-0 Portadown10/10/2017

Current form

Away

LCliftonville 6-3 Ards12/08/2017

LWarrenpoint Town 1-0 Ards19/08/2017

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Ards05/09/2017

DCrusaders 0-0 Ards16/09/2017

LGlenavon 3-0 Ards23/09/2017

VBallinamallard United 0-2 Ards30/09/2017

Overall

VCarrick Rangers 0-1 Ards05/09/2017

LArds 0-3 Coleraine09/09/2017

DCrusaders 0-0 Ards16/09/2017

LGlenavon 3-0 Ards23/09/2017

VBallinamallard United 0-2 Ards30/09/2017

LArds 0-1 Glentoran07/10/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	13	10
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	9
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	6
949	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1097
8	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	7
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.6
0.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.7
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Cathair Friel	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Jonathan Frazer
Tony Kane	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jonathan Frazer
Tony Kane	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tony Kane	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Tony Kane	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	David McAllister
Tony Kane	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	David McAllister
Leroy Millar	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Jonathan Frazer

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

33 v

21 d

20 l

146 gf

110 ga

Away

70 matches

26 v

20 d

24 l

112 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

146 matches

59 v

41 d

46 l

260 gf

236 ga

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

24 v

20 d

26 l

121 gf

112 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

146 matches

46 v

41 d

59 l

236 gf

260 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 2	December 17, 1932
Home	8 - 2	December 17, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	January 01, 1949
Away	5 - 0	November 17, 1956

Latest head to head

December 31, 2016 - Danske Bank Premiership 2016/2017

Ards

4 - 2

Ballymena United logo Ballymena United

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

Best historical scorers against Ards

Cathair Friel	4 goals	2016 - 2016
Gary Thompson	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Tony Kane	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Jonathan McMurray	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Caolan Loughran	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 Ballymena United

William Faulkner	3 goals	2013 - 2014
Emmett Friars	2 goals	2016 - 2016
David McAllister	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Kyle Cherry	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Neil Dougan	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Gareth Tommons	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.

Players with most games played vs Ards

Tony Kane	6 matches	2013 - 2016
Allan Jenkins	6 matches	2013 - 2016
Gary Thompson	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Neil Lowry	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Ross Glendinning	3 matches	2016 - 2016
Jonathan McMurray	3 matches	2016 - 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 Ballymena United

Craig McMillan	5 matches	2013 - 2016
Greg Hall	4 matches	2013 - 2016
Neil Dougan	4 matches	2013 - 2014
William Faulkner	4 matches	2013 - 2014
Andy Hunter	4 matches	2013 - 2014
Carl McComb	3 matches	2016 - 2016

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

Johnny Taylor

105 matches

38 matches

2012 - 2017

Michael Ruddy

67 matches

33 matches

2012 - 2017

William Faulkner

63 matches

36 matches

2013 - 2017

Gary Liggett

32 matches

22 matches

2013 - 2017

Matthew Shevlin

32 matches

10 matches

2014 - 2017

Alan Blayney

31 matches

11 matches

2014 - 2017

Total : 14 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

105 matches

38 matches

2012 - 2017

William Faulkner

63 matches

36 matches

2013 - 2017

Michael Ruddy

67 matches

33 matches

2012 - 2017

Emmett Friars

7 matches

32 matches

2016 - 2017

Gary Liggett

32 matches

22 matches

2013 - 2017

Joe McKinney

23 matches

21 matches

2016 - 2017

Total : 14 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

October 13, 2017

Warrenpoint Town

2 1

Ballinamallard

Line-ups available

October 14, 2017

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Coleraine	28	10	9	1	0	23	6	+17
+22	Glenavon	23	10	7	2	1	31	15	+16
-13	Linfield	21	10	7	0	3	22	8	+14
-14	Crusaders	20	10	6	2	2	25	10	+15
+15	Cliftonville	19	11	6	1	4	20	16	+4
-16	Glentoran	18	11	5	3	3	13	11	+2
7	Dungannon Swifts	14	11	4	2	5	12	17	-5
8	Ballymena United	13	11	4	1	6	18	24	-6
+29	Carrick Rangers	9	10	2	3	5	9	15	-6
-110	Ards	7	11	2	1	8	9	23	-14
-111	Warrenpoint Town	7	11	2	1	8	11	26	-15
12	Ballinamallard United	1	10	0	1	9	7	29	-22

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Ballymena United 6-3 Ards - October 14, 2017 / Danske Bank Premiership 2017/2018

Ballymena United

6 - 3

Ards

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 Ards

Jeffrey vs Nixon

Manager

Nixon vs Ballymena United

Nixon 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 Ards

Best historical scorers against Ballymena United

Players with most games played vs Ards

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