Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership (2025 - 2026)

Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
19:45

Ballymena United

Crusaders

2 - 0

(0 - 0, 2 - 0)

Our User's Votes

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X 0% for Draw

2 0% for Crusaders

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Leading Bookmakers Odds

1	X	2
1.94	3.50	3.36
1.93	3.50	3.30
1.91	3.40	3.40
1.95	3.50	3.30

1X	12	X2
1.24	1.22	1.70
1.25	1.25	1.70
1.25	1.22	1.73
1.29	1.27	1.78

Draw No Bet		Dnb1	Dnb2
		1.45	2.45
		1.46	2.50

Goals	Under	Over
1.5	3.92	1.18
1.5	3.90	1.20
1.5	4.20	1.22
1.5	3.90	1.22
2.5	2.03	1.70
2.5	2.00	1.68
2.5	2.10	1.65
2.5	2.05	1.68
3.5	1.35	2.74
3.5	1.38	2.70
3.5	1.40	2.88
3.5	1.41	2.65

BTS		Yes	No
		1.60	2.18
		1.60	2.15
		1.60	2.25
		1.63	2.10

*** Odds are pre-match odds and they are accurate at last update 17.02.2026 16:02. They may vary at this moment.

Match and Teams Details

Home team is from Ballymena, away team is from Belfast. Distance between them is 38.2 km. Match will take place on stadium Ballymena Showgrounds, which has capacity 4 100 persons and seats capacity 3 050. Pictures from Google maps stadium Ballymena Showgrounds. Match will start in 19:45 local time.

Ballymena United - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
14.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.37	4.22	6.91
03.02.2026	Irish Cup	Ballymena United	1 - 2	Larne	4.25	3.48	1.71
31.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.33	4.53	7.99
28.01.2026	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.35	4.23	7.12
17.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Dungannon Swifts	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.83	3.30	3.82
13.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 2	Cliftonville	3.61	3.33	1.88
30.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Bangor FC	2 - 0	Ballymena United	2.32	3.27	2.73
26.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Coleraine	5.66	3.98	1.47
20.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Carrick Rangers	2.21	3.28	2.82
13.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	1 - 0	Ballymena United	2.34	3.23	2.68

Overall form: 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses in last 10 played matches.
Home form: 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in last 4 home matches.

Current Info

Crusaders - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
14.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 2	Bangor FC	2.25	3.49	2.71
31.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 4	Larne	6.02	4.44	1.41
24.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	0 - 1	Linfield	6.06	4.40	1.41
17.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Coleraine	5 - 1	Crusaders	1.19	5.75	10.32
09.01.2026	Irish Cup	Coleraine	4 - 0	Crusaders	1.31	4.85	7.46
03.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 0	Dungannon Swifts	3.14	3.33	2.04
30.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	2 - 2	Carrick Rangers	2.51	3.41	2.39
26.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Cliftonville	1 - 2	Crusaders	1.51	3.92	5.24
20.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	0 - 1	Larne	5.49	3.80	1.50
13.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	4 - 0	Crusaders	1.25	5.10	8.81

Overall form: 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in last 10 played matches.
Away form: 1 win and 3 losses in last 4 away matches.

Current Info

Head to Head

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
22.11.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 2	Crusaders	1.90	3.35	3.53
20.09.2025	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	1 - 1	Ballymena United	2.45	3.29	2.54
15.02.2025	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	3 - 1	Ballymena United	1.93	3.29	3.47
26.10.2024	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.81	3.38	3.86
20.08.2024	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 1	Crusaders	3.88	3.56	1.76
09.03.2024	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 4	Crusaders	4.88	3.84	1.58
13.10.2023	NIFL Premiership	Crusaders	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.18	6.48	12.94
11.08.2023	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 2	Crusaders	5.60	4.13	1.48
07.05.2023	Irish Cup	Ballymena United	0 - 4	Crusaders	3.86	3.79	1.76
25.02.2023	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 0	Crusaders	6.65	4.27	1.41

In last 10 head to head matches home team has no wins, away team has 7 wins and 3 times draw. On stadium of home team Ballymena United there were 6 matches played, home team has no wins away team has 4 wins and 2 times draw.

NIFL Premiership Standing to 17.02.2026

№	Team	MP	W	D	L	GS	GC	G	Pts
1	Larne	28	19	6	3	50	17	+33	63
2	Coleraine	29	18	4	7	58	27	+31	58
3	Glentoran	26	16	5	5	45	27	+18	53
4	Linfield	27	15	7	5	47	17	+30	52
5	Dungannon Swifts	28	14	1	13	35	49	-14	43
6	Carrick Rangers	28	10	6	12	42	45	-3	36
7	Cliftonville	25	9	7	9	37	36	+1	34
8	Bangor FC	29	9	5	15	35	49	-14	32
9	Portadown	27	10	1	16	33	48	-15	31
10	Ballymena United	26	7	4	15	30	41	-11	25
11	Crusaders	27	7	4	16	35	56	-21	25
12	Glenavon	28	5	0	23	22	57	-35	15

Current Standing

Played Matches in the League

Ballymena United
Crusaders
Home
Away

League Matches vs. Other Teams

№	Team	Ballymena United		Ballymena United	Crusaders		Crusaders
№	Team	Home	Away	Home	Home	Away	Away
1	Larne	0 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 2	2 - 4	4 - 0	4 - 0
2	Coleraine	2 - 0		2 - 0	0 - 2	5 - 1	5 - 1
3	Glentoran	0 - 2	2 - 1	0 - 2	2 - 3
4	Linfield	1 - 0	2 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 1	4 - 0	4 - 0
5	Dungannon Swifts	1 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 2	2 - 0	2 - 0	2 - 0
6	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 1	2 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2
7	Cliftonville	2 - 2	3 - 2	2 - 2		1 - 2	1 - 2
8	Bangor FC	4 - 0	2 - 0	4 - 0	2 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 1
9	Portadown		1 - 0		0 - 4	2 - 1	2 - 1
10	Ballymena United	-	-	-	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 2
11	Crusaders	2 - 2	1 - 1	2 - 2	-	-	-
12	Glenavon		3 - 1		4 - 1	0 - 2	0 - 2

*** Three matches in regular season, then 2 groups by 6 teams and one more match in group - total 38 matches

Standing in League

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Position	10	11
Points	25	25
	Home	Away
Position	11	6
Points	12	16

League Form

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Wins Draws Losses	7 4 15	7 4 16
	Home	Away
Wins Draws Losses	3 3 5	5 1 7

Goals in League

	Ballymena United	Crusaders
Scored Conceded	30 41	35 56
	Home	Away
Scored Conceded	14 16	17 25