Preview
- Anticipation builds as Ballymena United prepare to host Crusaders at The Showgrounds on 2026-02-10 (kick-off 19:45 GMT), in week 28 of the 2025-2026 Premiership.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Jim Ervin and Declan Caddell.
- Ballymena United currently rank 10th (with 25 pts), versus Crusaders at 11th on 24 pts.
- Neither Ballymena United nor Crusaders are missing any players.
- Double disappointment: Ballymena United fell 1-2 against Larne, while Crusaders went down 2-4 vs Larne.
- Neither side is flying – Ballymena United 0-1-4 and Crusaders 1-0-4 over the last 5 matches.
- Crusaders hold the upper hand H2H: of 61 meetings, they've triumphed 38 times, conceded 12 times and shared 11 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Ballymena United's 1.17 goals/game at home balance out Crusaders's 1.23 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Ballymena
Crusaders
Events
| 31' | J. Forsythe | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 50' | D. Toure | ||
| 54' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 65' | I. Rutkowski | ||
| 71' | A. Jarvis | ||
| 84' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 89' | |||
Standings
Ballymena is going head to head with Crusaders on 17/2/2026 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 Ballymena v Crusaders H2H statistics!