Preview match

MATCH REPORT

Northern Ireland - Premiership - 02/24/24 10:00 - 30.Round

Stadium Windsor Park
Capacity 24734
Surface grass
Referee Steven Gregg

2-0 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

2-0 [90‘]

0-0 HT
(McGee) McClean [1-0]
55‘
Annett McKee
66‘
76‘
Place McCurry
(Finlayson) Fitzpatrick [2-0]
78‘
Mulgrew Millar
83‘
85‘
Barr Rocks
85‘
Hood Taylor
Clarke McCullough
90‘+1
2-0 FT

Goals and Highlights

2-0

Match stats

CARDS 0 0

Ball possession
65%
35%

CARDS 0 0

Total shots
12
5
On goal
3
1
Corners
9
2
Dangerous attack
108
41
Attack
166
117
Saves
1
1

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds -400 500 700
Pre match odds -455 500 850
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-2 -106 -137 +2
-1.75 -139 -104 +1.75
-2.25 119 -175 +2.25
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 135 -175
Corners
Line Under Over
10.5 100 -125

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Linfield

Status: Confirmed lineup

Ballymena United

Missings

Robbie McDaid
CF 1
25
McDaid
0‘ 0 0+0
Christopher Shields
CM 2
Shields
494‘ 26 7+1
+9 Out of selection
Colin Coates
CB 1
20
Coates
249‘ 9 2+0
Alex Gawne
CF 1
11
Gawne
290‘ 20 2+0
Scott Whiteside
RB 1
3
Whiteside
649‘ 30 0+0
Jonathan McMurray
CF 1
McMurray
340‘ 27 1+1
+4 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 1
    1
    Johns
    830‘ 37 0+0
  • no photo 3
    CB 2
    East
    631‘ 24 2+0
    no photo 2
    1
    Finlayson
    746‘ 33 3+2
    no photo 15
    1
    Hall
    792‘ 34 2+0
    no photo 16
    1
    Clarke
    780‘ 36 3+6
  • no photo 27
    2
    McGee
    170‘ 13 1+3
    no photo 8
    McClean
    814‘ 37 9+3
    no photo 22
    LB 1
    Mulgrew
    510‘ 33 1+1
  • no photo 36
    2
    Annett
    260‘ 21 4+1
    no photo 29
    1
    Fitzpatrick
    705‘ 35 9+1
    no photo 53
    1
    Archer
    273‘ 15 1+0
  • no photo 28
    CM 1
    Boyle
    496‘ 28 0+0
    no photo 4
    MF
    Rocks
    499‘ 24 0+0
    no photo 16
    MF
    Taylor
    756‘ 36 4+2
    no photo 36
    CF 2
    McCurry
    146‘ 12 2+0
    no photo 33
    CF
    Stewart
    191‘ 24 9+0
  • no photo 11
    CB
    McCullough
    692‘ 36 2+1
    no photo 29
    DF
    1
    Brown
    177‘ 13 0+2
    no photo 39
    DF
    McCallion
    115‘ 10 0+0
    no photo 31
    CB 2
    Robinson
    118‘ 8 0+0
    no photo 2
    MF
    Nelson
    616‘ 27 1+0
  • no photo 1
    GK 1
    O'Neill
    767‘ 37 0+0
4-3-3
Coach: D. Healy
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Coach J. Ervin

Stats:

goals

Cooper 11
Fitzpatrick 9
McClean 9
McKee 9
Millar 8
Shields 7

goals

Stewart 9
Taylor 4
McCullough 2
Westendorf 2
Coates 2
Gawne 2

assists

Clarke 6
Millar 6
Cooper 3
McGee 3
McClean 3
Finlayson 2

assists

Taylor 2
Brown 2
McCullough 1
Strain 1
McMurray 1
Barr 1

Yellow Cards

Hall 9
Clarke 8
Mulgrew 8
Cooper 7
Fitzpatrick 5
Finlayson 5

Yellow Cards

Nelson 11
Whiteside 9
McMurray 8
Place 8
Rocks 7
Boyle 6

Key Passes

Newberry 0
Fallon 0
Scott 0
East 0
McKee 0
Annett 0

Key Passes

Robinson 0
Coates 0
Rocks 0
Brown 0
McGuigan 0
Burns 0

Acc. Passes

Cooper 0%
Mulgrew 0%
Haygarth 0%
Hall 0%
Fitzpatrick 0%
McCullough 0%

Acc. Passes

McCullough 0%
Tennant 0%
Friel 0%
Brown 0%
Graham 0%
Johnston 0%

Total Shots

Cooper 0 (0)
Mulgrew 0 (0)
Haygarth 0 (0)
Hall 0 (0)
Fitzpatrick 0 (0)
McCullough 0 (0)

Total Shots

McCullough 0 (0)
Tennant 0 (0)
Friel 0 (0)
Brown 0 (0)
Graham 0 (0)
Johnston 0 (0)

BENCH

Kirk Millar
CM
7 Millar
730‘ 34 8+6
Joel Cooper
DM
9 Cooper
583‘ 30 11+3
Michael Newberry
CB 3
6
4 Newberry
167‘ 15 0+1
Darragh McBrien
CF 2
12 McBrien
123‘ 27 3+1
Chris McKee
CF 1
17 McKee
354‘ 28 9+0
Dane McCullough
CM 3
34 McCullough
15‘ 4 0+0
David Walsh
GK 3
51 Walsh
14‘ 1 0+0
Andy McGrory
CM 1
17 McGrory
294‘ 18 0+0
Lewis Tennant
MF
21 Tennant
191‘ 20 0+0
Samuel Johnston
GK 3
26 Johnston
13‘ 1 0+0
Mikey Place
CF 1
30 Place
481‘ 33 1+0
Ben Mallon
CF 3
34 Mallon
13‘ 2 0+0
Brendan Barr
DF
1
35 Barr
87‘ 9 0+1
James Hood
CF 3
41 Hood
13‘ 6 0+0
Goal fact

Linfield

  • Unbeaten in their past games at home

    Linfield are unbeaten in their past 9 league games at home against Ballymena United (9W,0D)

  • Unbeaten in their past away games

    Linfield are unbeaten in their past 9 away league games against Ballymena United (9W, 0D).

  • Good form in the last 5 home games for Linfield

    In the last 5 games at the Windsor Park form record is (4W, 0D, 1L) which is a reward for Linfield fans with 0 average home attendance.

Ballymena United

  • Bad results in last matches for Ballymena United

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach J. Ervin as the form record is (0W, 1D, 4L) with their average of 2 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (5) matches

    Ballymena United have failed to win 5 matches in a row. Last win was against Glenavon (0-1) on 30.12.23

  • Poor form in away games

    2 losses in 5 games. (1W, 2D, 2L) is the record in away games. With their average of 1.2 goals conceded per game.

  • The coach has to deal with 3 fresh missings

    According to the news, the team is without 3 fresh missing. These players join the missing list: McMurray, Taylor, McAuley.

Linfield

Summary

Ballymena United

H2H

6

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

6

FORM

1.67
0.67

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

2.5
0.83
Linfield

Team Strength

Ballymena United
12% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 13%
1 Changes (vs. last game) 1
0 Fresh important missings 1
3 Missings 4

Head to head

Linfield 100%
6wins
0 draws
0 wins
6 matches
0% Ballymena United
OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
0% 0/6 times
CARDS
3 Ø
Corners
10 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
02/03/24 Irish Cup
Linfield Linfield
2-0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
1-0 14 - 7 5- 1 34 - 33 7 - 2 1 (25%)
2 (14%)
-588 550 1000
11/25/23 Premiership
Linfield Linfield
4-0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
2-0 7 - 3 5- 1 72 - 36 5 - 1 3 (18%)
4 (12%)
-1111 800 2200
08/18/23 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0-1
Linfield Linfield
0-0 4 - 11 2- 2 46 - 94 3 - 12 2 (14%)
2 (36%)
700 400 -345
01/21/23 Premiership
Linfield Linfield
3-0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
2-0 10 - 4 8- 1 103 - 30 8 - 2 2 (34%)
0 (41%)
-556 500 1000
11/18/22 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0-2
Linfield Linfield
0-1 6 - 5 2- 3 59 - 59 5 - 6 0 (60%)
2 (57%)
600 350 -250
09/03/22 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0-4
Linfield Linfield
0-2 5 - 10 2- 6 17 - 37 4 - 5 3 (35%)
6 (40%)
333 300 -167
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Team form

2.00 1.67 (+-17%) total
0.17 (+-48%) total 0.33
Ballymena United

Linfield Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
4.3 Ø
Corners
9.5 Ø
16.3 Premiership
Linfield
11:00
Newry City AFC
10.3 Irish League Cup
Linfield
11:00
Portadown
3.3 Irish Cup
Institute
08:00
Linfield

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
20.2 Premiership
Cliftonville Cliftonville
0 - 3
Linfield Linfield
0-0 4 - 5 0 - 3 32 - 43 2 - 3 1 (15%)
5 (18%)
138 230 175
16.2 Premiership
Coleraine Coleraine
3 - 0
Linfield Linfield
0-0 12 - 11 4 - 2 22 - 48 2 - 3 4 (10%)
3 (20%)
250 260 -118
10.2 Premiership
Glenavon Glenavon
2 - 2
Linfield Linfield
1-1 13 - 10 5 - 3 44 - 51 4 - 7 3 (9%)
1 (24%)
375 320 -189
3.2 Irish Cup
Linfield Linfield
2 - 0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
1-0 14 - 7 5 - 1 34 - 33 7 - 2 1 (25%)
2 (14%)
-588 550 1000
27.1 Premiership
Linfield Linfield
1 - 2
Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts
0-0 15 - 12 2 - 5 40 - 23 10 - 6 2 (25%)
2 (13%)
-227 350 425
20.1 Premiership
Linfield Linfield
1 - 0
Crusaders Crusaders
1-0 10 - 11 3 - 6 68 - 53 5 - 6 2 (24%)
5 (17%)
-189 300 375
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Ballymena United Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 2.5
33% 2/6 times
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
3.8 Ø
Corners
8.8 Ø
23.3 Premiership
Glentoran
11:00
Ballymena United
16.3 Premiership
Ballymena United
11:00
Carrick Rangers
9.3 Premiership
Ballymena United
10:00
Crusaders

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
17.2 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0 - 1
Larne Larne
0-1 3 - 7 1 - 2 25 - 35 5 - 7 2 (15%)
2 (14%)
600 320 -250
9.2 Premiership
Newry City AFC Newry City AFC
1 - 1
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0-0 4 - 6 3 - 4 91 - 103 4 - 7 3 (17%)
1 (15%)
175 230 138
3.2 Irish Cup
Linfield Linfield
2 - 0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
1-0 14 - 7 5 - 1 34 - 33 7 - 2 1 (25%)
2 (14%)
-588 550 1000
27.1 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
0 - 1
Loughgall Loughgall
0-0 10 - 9 3 - 4 30 - 39 1 - 4 3 (15%)
3 (13%)
-105 225 250
20.1 Premiership
Cliftonville Cliftonville
3 - 0
Ballymena United Ballymena United
1-0 11 - 7 3 - 5 34 - 37 2 - 1 2 (18%)
3 (16%)
-588 600 1200
13.1 Premiership
Ballymena United Ballymena United
2 - 4
Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts
1-3 9 - 7 4 - 4 69 - 95 4 - 9 4 (13%)
1 (14%)
180 240 125
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Larne 33 24 8 1 69:17 80
2.75 39% 1.8 4.7 78% 48% 2.61
2. Linfield 33 25 3 5 76:35 78
2.00 48% 1.9 7.1 88% 64% 3.36
3. Cliftonville 33 22 4 7 73:30 70
1.63 45% 1.4 4.6 85% 70% 3.12
4. Glentoran 33 16 8 9 68:37 56
1.50 45% 1.9 5.8 79% 66% 3.18
5. Crusaders 33 16 7 10 55:36 55
1.75 42% 2.2 5.7 82% 45% 2.76
6. Coleraine 33 11 8 14 41:57 41
1.50 58% 1.7 4.5 88% 58% 2.97
7. Loughgall 33 11 6 16 50:59 39
1.38 64% 2.2 3.8 82% 67% 3.30
8. Carrick Rangers 33 11 5 17 43:65 38
1.38 52% 2.5 3.8 85% 58% 3.27
9. Glenavon 33 10 4 19 40:60 34
0.63 45% 1.7 4.8 75% 57% 3.03
10. Dungannon Swifts 33 8 8 17 52:67 32
1.00 70% 2.0 4.5 88% 76% 3.61
11. Ballymena United 33 5 4 24 20:63 19
0.13 30% 2.1 3.3 67% 40% 2.52
12. Newry City AFC 33 4 5 24 22:83 17
0.63 36% 2.5 3.1 79% 61% 3.18

Cup situation

Competitions
No data
Play-offs
Eliminated
Final
Club Friendlies 3
4th Round
Eliminated
Final
Irish Cup vs Institute 03/03/24
Quarter-finals
Competitions
No data
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated