Ballymena United 2-0 Crusaders FC — NIFL Premiership, 17 Feb 2026
Ballymena United beat Crusaders FC 2-0 in the NIFL Premiership on 17 February 2026 at Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena. I. Rutkowski scored. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Ballymena United have won 0 and Crusaders FC 3, 2 draws.
· kickoff·Ballymena Showgrounds · Ballymena·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 31'
- Half-time0-0
- 46'
- 46'out: E. Easton
- 50'
- 1-054'I. Rutkowski
- 64'
- 64'
- 65'I. Rutkowski
- 71'
- 2-084'I. RutkowskiPenalty
- 89'I. Rutkowskiout: D. Ebbe
- Full-time2-0
Line-ups
Coach: Jim Ervin
- 21D. McGeouch
- 30B. Wade
- 28F. Sule
- 24S. McEleney
- 16M. Clarke
- 31K. Corbally
- 22S. Edogun
- 5D. Toure50'
- 25D. Mccallion
- 8A. Jarvis71'
- 12I. Rutkowski54'84'65'89'
Substitutes
Coach: Declan Caddell
- 14J. Forsythe31'
- 27T. Maguire64'
- 42L. Anderson
- 21S. Nixon64'
- 1M. Dibaga
- 43L. Barr46'
- 22C. Bruce
- 19F. Bryden
- 7K. McKechnie46'
- 2K. Forsythe
- 29S. Rough
Substitutes
- 33J. Tuffey
- 10F. Thorndike64'
- 9A. Brooks64'
- 12E. Easton46'
- 11E. Dunlop46'
- 62J. James
- 16J. Williamson
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
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