Ballymena United 2-2 Cliftonville FC — NIFL Premiership, 13 Jan 2026
Ballymena United and Cliftonville FC drew 2-2 in the NIFL Premiership on 13 January 2026 at Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena. I. Rutkowski, K. Hawthorne, J. Gormley got on the scoresheet. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Ballymena United have won 3 and Cliftonville FC 2.
· kickoff·Ballymena Showgrounds · Ballymena·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 1-04'I. RutkowskiPenalty
- 1-115'
- 17'
- 25'
- Half-time1-1
- 51'out: A. Scott
- 51'out: J. Thompson
- 2-155'I. Rutkowski
- 58'out: R. Jordan
- 67'
- 67'
- 67'out: E. McWoods
- 71'
- 81'I. Rutkowskiout: D. Ebbe
- 2-287'
- 90'
- 90+2'
- Full-time2-2
Line-ups
Coach: Jim Ervin
- 21D. McGeouch
- 3D. Lafferty
- 26S. Murray51'
- 16M. Clarke
- 31K. Corbally51'
- 22S. Edogun
- 5D. Toure
- 25D. Mccallion25'
- 11D. O'Conchubhair90'
- 1S. O'Neill
- 12I. Rutkowski4'55'81'
Substitutes
Coach: Jim Magilton
- 9R. Curran67'
- 2C. Pepper
- 22Odhran Casey
- 12S. Leppard
- 31P. Morrison
- 42A. Fapetu67'
- 6H. Wilson
- 36K. Hawthorne15'58'
- 41J. Sheridan17'67'
- 29B. Healy71'
- 45S. McGarry
Substitutes
- 32E. McWoods90+2'67'
- 19J. Gormley87'
- 8R. Hale67'
- 1L. Ridd
- 27L. McStravick67'
- 18C. McCay
- 15R. Jordan58'
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
Recent Form
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Cliftonville FCWDLDW
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