Ballymena United 1-2 Portadown — NIFL Premiership, 18 Apr 2026
Portadown beat Ballymena United 2-1 in the NIFL Premiership Relegation Group - 37 on 18 April 2026 at Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena. E. Fyfe, J. Teelan, S. Edogun got on the scoresheet. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Ballymena United have won 2 and Portadown 2, 1 draw.
· kickoff·Ballymena Showgrounds · Ballymena·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 0-19'
- Half-time0-1
- 0-249'
- 57'
- 57'
- 66'out: J. O’Reilly
- 1-270'
- 71'out: G. Tetteh
- 71'S. McCartanout: B. Quinn
- 82'
- 86'
- 86'
- 89'J. Carsonout: J. Gibson
- 90+3'
- Full-time1-2
Line-ups
Coach: Jim Ervin
- 3D. Lafferty86'
- 28F. Sule
- 24S. McEleney57'
- 16M. Clarke
- 4D. Rocks86'
- 31K. Corbally
- 22S. Edogun70'
- 41J. Hood57'
- 23D. Breen
- 12I. Rutkowski
- 49T. Duffin66'
Substitutes
- 30B. Wade
- 20J. Thompson86'
- 25D. Mccallion57'
- 8A. Jarvis86'
- 11D. O'Conchubhair57'
- 17J. O’Reilly66'
- 48A. Sullivan
Coach: Niall Currie
- 19J. Teelan49'82'
- 4B. Altintop
- 2D. Isamala
- 13E. Fyfe9'
- 24S. McCartan71'
- 21R. Minzamba
- 5L. MacKinnon
- 40A. Moore
- 42J. Carson89'
- 28A. Towe
- 34B. Wells71'
Substitutes
- 22J. Scott90+3'82'
- 27R. Annett
- 14G. Tetteh71'
- 30B. Quinn71'
- 12J. Gibson89'
- 33S. Francey
- 35D. Hudak
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
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