Preview
- Anticipation builds as Coleraine prepare to host Ballymena United at The Showgrounds on 2026-02-20 (kick-off 19:45 GMT), in week 30 of the 2025-2026 Premiership.
- With the data available to us, Ruaidhri Higgins and Jim Ervin have not met as managers before.
- After 29 matchdays, Coleraine sit 2nd with 58 points and Ballymena United are 10th having collected 28 points.
- No absentees for either Coleraine or Ballymena United.
- Coleraine could only draw 1-1 with Carrick Rangers, but Ballymena United bounced back with a 2-0 win over Crusaders.
- Form edge goes to Coleraine (3-1-1) against a faltering Ballymena United (1-0-4) from their past 5 matches.
- Dominance for Coleraine: across 59 clashes, they've won 30 games and only lost 14 games to Ballymena United, with 15 stalemates.
- We predict Coleraine to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (11-1-2) and 2.50 goals/game.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Coleraine
Ballymena
Events
| 28' | 1 - 0 | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 60' | K. Corbally | ||
| 67' | |||
| 67' | |||
| 68' | |||
| 78' | |||
| 78' | M. Coyle | ||
| 81' | |||
| 84' | W. Patching | ||
| 86' | M. Clarke | ||
| 90' | |||
| 90+3' | |||
| 90+6' | I. Rutkowski | ||
Standings
Coleraine is going head to head with Ballymena on 20/2/2026 19:45 GMT at The Showgrounds for the Northern Ireland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Coleraine v Ballymena H2H statistics!