Ballymena United 2-1 Carrick Rangers — NIFL Premiership, 14 Mar 2026
Ballymena United beat Carrick Rangers 2-1 in the NIFL Premiership on 14 March 2026 at Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena. I. Rutkowski, D. Gibson got on the scoresheet. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Ballymena United have won 1 and Carrick Rangers 1, 3 draws.
· kickoff·Ballymena Showgrounds · Ballymena·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 4'
- 28'
- 43'
- Half-time0-0
- 51'
- 57'—
- 58'J. O’Reillyout: C. McCurry
- 58'
- 60'
- 1-064'I. Rutkowski
- 69'out: M. Olosunde
- 2-069'I. RutkowskiPenalty
- 75'
- 2-176'Penalty
- 90'
- 90+2'
- 90+2'—
- 90+3'I. Rutkowskiout: D. Rocks
- Full-time2-1
Line-ups
Coach: Jim Ervin
- 21D. McGeouch75'
- 30B. Wade
- 26S. Murray58'
- 16M. Clarke
- 31K. Corbally28'
- 5D. Toure51'
- 25D. Mccallion
- 8A. Jarvis4'
- 17J. O’Reilly58'
- 15S. O'Donnell
- 12I. Rutkowski64'69'90+3'
Substitutes
- 3D. Lafferty
- 18D. Ebbe
- 24S. McEleney
- 4D. Rocks90+3'
- 19C. McCurry58'
- 41J. Hood58'
- 23D. Breen
Coach: Stephen Baxter
- 12L. McCullough
- 1N. Gartside
- 2M. Place
- 4B. Burns90'
- 19J. Crowe
- 15B. Buchanan-Rolleston43'
- 14A. Steele
- 9D. Gibson76'
- 22P. Heatley
- 24M. Snoddy69'
- 40J. Moore60'
Substitutes
- 34M. Olosunde69'
- 25R. McKay
- 35R. Jeffers
- 7R. Waide90+2'60'
- 29E. McCawl
- 23R. Glendinning
- 33L. Donnelly
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
Recent Form
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Carrick RangersLDWDW
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Head-to-head
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