Ballymena United vs Linfield

Linfield won 3-0 at Ballymena United in the Northern Ireland Premiership on Friday 13 November 2026, 0-3 at half-time. In their last 23 meetings, including this one, Ballymena United won 4, Linfield won 18 and 1 was drawn.

Northern Ireland Premiership Fri 13 Nov 2026, 19:45 Save

Ballymena United

HT 0-3

Linfield

The Showgrounds, Ballymena Shane McGonigle

Ballymena United vs Linfield timeline

5' Matthew Fitzpatrick 0-1 Goal · Right foot shot, Linfield
17' Isaac Baird 0-2 Goal · Right foot shot, Linfield
26' David Toure 0-3 Own goal · Own Goal, Linfield

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0' 15' 30' HT 60' 75' 90'

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Ballymena United vs Linfield stats

1st Half 2nd Half

Ballymena UnitedLinfield

45% Possession 55%

115 Attacks 104

43 Dang. Attacks 51

9 Shots 9

3 Shots On Target 4

2 Corners 3

1 Saves 3

7 Fouls 9

3 Offsides 3

Ballymena United vs Linfield lineups

Confirmed

Ballymena United 4-2-3-1

1 David Walsh

2 David Toure
15 Daithí McCallion
16 Matthew Clarke
25 Len O'Sullivan

6 Fuad Sule
8 Josh Archer

10 Charlie Allen
7 Chris McKee
24 Caoimhin McConnell

22 Success Edogun

Substitutes

3 Micheál Glynn 80'
5 Scot Whiteside
17 Michael Leetch 80'
18 Sean Murray 80'
20 Stephen Fallon 80'
23 Declan Breen
34 Ben MacManus

Linfield 4-2-3-1

1 Chris Johns

34 Dane McCullough
26 Isaac Baird
15 Ben Hall
24 Sean Brown

8 Kyle McClean
5 Chris Shields

14 Kitt Nelson
10 Adam Frizzell
19 Rhys Brennan

29 Matthew Fitzpatrick

Substitutes

7 Kirk Millar 74'
16 Dylan Wells 83'
18 Aidan Glavin
22 Jamie Mulgrew 85'
27 Ethan McGee
30 Kobei Moore 83'
33 Darragh Leahy

Ballymena United and Linfield player stats

Ballymena United player stats
								Rtg			xG	xGoT	KP	BCC	BCM	Drb	Off		Pass%	KP	F3rd	Crs	ACrs	LB	Tch	Tkl	Int	Clr	Blk	Rec	Duel	Aer	DrbP		FlsD	YC	Disp	Lost	Err	Sv	SvIn	HC	Tch	LB	Pass%
1 David Walsh GK	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
2 David Toure DEF	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
15 Daithí McCallion DEF	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
16 Matthew Clarke DEF	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
8 Josh Archer MID	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
25 Len O'Sullivan MID	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
6 Fuad Sule MID	80	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
7 Chris McKee MID	80	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
10 Charlie Allen MID	80	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
24 Caoimhin McConnell MID	80	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
22 Success Edogun FWD	90	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
3 Micheál Glynn DEF Sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
18 Sean Murray MID Sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
20 Stephen Fallon MID Sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0
17 Michael Leetch FWD Sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0																0

Linfield player stats

1 Chris Johns GK	90	0
15 Ben Hall DEF	90	0
24 Sean Brown DEF	90	0
34 Dane McCullough DEF	90	0
5 Chris Shields MID	90	0
8 Kyle McClean MID	90	0
26 Isaac Baird MID	90	1
14 Kitt Nelson MID	85	0
10 Adam Frizzell MID	83	0
19 Rhys Brennan MID	74	0
29 Matthew Fitzpatrick FWD	83	1
7 Kirk Millar MID Sub	16	0
22 Jamie Mulgrew MID Sub	5	0
16 Dylan Wells FWD Sub	7	0
30 Kobei Moore FWD Sub	7	0

Min: Minutes played
G: Goals
A: Assists
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
Pass: Passes
Fls: Fouls committed
Rtg: Rating
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
xG: Expected goals
xGoT: Expected goals on target
KP: Key passes
BCC: Big chances created
BCM: Big chances missed
Drb: Successful dribbles
Off: Offsides
Pass: Passes
Pass%: Pass accuracy
KP: Key passes
F3rd: Passes in the final third
Crs: Crosses
ACrs: Accurate crosses
LB: Long balls
Tch: Touches
Tkl: Tackles
Int: Interceptions
Clr: Clearances
Blk: Shots blocked
Rec: Ball recoveries
Duel: Duels won
Aer: Aerials won
DrbP: Dribbled past
Fls: Fouls committed
FlsD: Fouls won
YC: Yellow cards
Disp: Dispossessed
Lost: Possession lost
Err: Errors leading to a shot
Sv: Saves
SvIn: Saves inside the box
HC: High claims
Tch: Touches
LB: Long balls
Pass%: Pass accuracy

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Ballymena United vs Linfield team news

Ballymena United were without 1 player and Linfield had no reported absences.

Ballymena United 1 out

Kyle Chivers Cruciate Ligament Injury Injured

Linfield 0 out

No reported absences.

Ballymena United vs Linfield form

Ballymena United All venues

3 W · 1 D · 1 L

Points per game: 2.00
Scored per game: 1.4
Conceded per game: 0.8
Both teams scored: 60%
Over 2.5 goals: 40%

Linfield All venues

3 W · 2 D · 0 L

Points per game: 2.20
Scored per game: 2.0
Conceded per game: 1.0
Both teams scored: 80%
Over 2.5 goals: 80%

Results before kick-off, most recent first, from each team's side. Open a game to see its full stats.

Season averages

Ballymena UnitedLinfield

40% Win rate 60%

1.20 Goals scored 2.00

1.20 Goals conceded 1.00

60% Both teams score 80%

40% Over 2.5 goals 80%

20% Clean sheets 20%

60% Scored first 60%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

6.20 Match corners 10.20

Premiership matches only, before kick-off: 5 each.

30% Win rate 70%

1.40 Goals scored 1.80

1.30 Goals conceded 0.70

70% Both teams score 60%

40% Over 2.5 goals 50%

20% Clean sheets 40%

70% Scored first 80%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

7.50 Match corners 9.30

Premiership matches only, before kick-off: 10 each.

31% Win rate 73%

1.38 Goals scored 1.60

1.31 Goals conceded 0.73

62% Both teams score 47%

46% Over 2.5 goals 47%

23% Clean sheets 47%

69% Scored first 80%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

8.54 Match corners 9.33

Premiership matches only, before kick-off: 13 for Ballymena United and 15 for Linfield.

Ballymena United at home and Linfield away this season.

40% Win rate 71%

1.00 Goals scored 1.86

1.00 Goals conceded 0.86

40% Both teams score 71%

20% Over 2.5 goals 57%

20% Clean sheets 29%

40% Scored first 71%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

7.60 Match corners 10.57

Premiership matches only, before kick-off: 5 for Ballymena United and 7 for Linfield.

Ballymena United vs Linfield head to head

4 Ballymena United wins 1 draws 18 Linfield wins

2.6 goals per game 30% both teams scored 52% over 2.5 goals

Ballymena United vs Linfield standings

Premiership table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Linfield	16	12	3	1	27	11	+16	39
2	Coleraine	16	12	2	2	35	16	+19	38
3	Larne	14	9	2	3	27	14	+13	29
4	Glentoran	15	7	4	4	19	12	+7	25
5	Cliftonville	16	7	0	9	28	21	+7	21
6	Carrick Rangers	16	5	5	6	24	28	-4	20
7	Crusaders	16	6	1	9	21	31	-10	19
8	Dungannon Swifts	15	5	3	7	16	23	-7	18
9	Limavady United	16	5	2	9	18	27	-9	17
10	Ballymena United	14	4	4	6	18	20	-2	16
11	Bangor	16	3	3	10	14	28	-14	12
12	Portadown	16	2	3	11	12	28	-16	9

Premiership home table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Linfield	8	6	1	1	11	5	+6	19
2	Coleraine	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7	17
3	Larne	8	5	1	2	13	7	+6	16
4	Glentoran	8	5	1	2	12	6	+6	16
5	Cliftonville	8	4	0	4	18	12	+6	12
6	Crusaders	7	4	0	3	11	14	-3	12
7	Limavady United	8	4	0	4	11	14	-3	12
8	Carrick Rangers	9	2	4	3	12	14	-2	10
9	Bangor	8	2	2	4	9	15	-6	8
10	Ballymena United	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3	7
11	Dungannon Swifts	7	2	1	4	10	14	-4	7
12	Portadown	8	1	3	4	6	11	-5	6

Premiership away table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coleraine	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	21
2	Linfield	8	6	2	0	16	6	+10	20
3	Larne	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
4	Dungannon Swifts	8	3	2	3	6	9	-3	11
5	Carrick Rangers	7	3	1	3	12	14	-2	10
6	Ballymena United	8	2	3	3	13	12	+1	9
7	Cliftonville	8	3	0	5	10	9	+1	9
8	Glentoran	7	2	3	2	7	6	+1	9
9	Crusaders	9	2	1	6	10	17	-7	7
10	Limavady United	8	1	2	5	7	13	-6	5
11	Bangor	8	1	1	6	5	13	-8	4
12	Portadown	8	1	0	7	6	17	-11	3

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Premiership 2026/2027 standings as of 14 Nov 2026, 10:23 UK. Last 5 shows the most recent result first.

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Venue: The Showgrounds, Ballymena Capacity 5,200 · Grass
Weather: 2°C, broken clouds Wind 9 km/h · Humidity 91%
Managers: Oran Kearney Ballymena United David Healy Linfield
Officials: Referee Shane McGonigle 1st Assistant J. Doherty 2nd Assistant D. Burns 4th Official T. Clarke

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