How It Happened: Coleraine 1 Ballymena United 1

It was honours even in the derby as Lyndon Kane's penalty was cancelled out by Caolan Loughran's header in the first half, Kane also put a second penalty over the bar with the score at 1-0.
By Steven Crawford
Published 26th Feb 2022, 18:13 BST
Updated 26th Feb 2022, 18:16 BST
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90+5: O'Donnell heads over from close range from Glackin's free-kick

88: Coleraine break Wilson drives a low cross into the six yard box for Allen who finishes but is offside

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88: Waide crashes a shot off the post after great work by Parkhouse

Ballymena United's Mikey Place tangles with Eoin Bradley of ColeraineBallymena United's Mikey Place tangles with Eoin Bradley of Coleraine
Ballymena United's Mikey Place tangles with Eoin Bradley of Coleraine

76: McCullough picks out a great cross for McElroy but he heads over from close range

74: McLaughlin with a free kick straight at O'Neill

69: The home side break away with Kelly teeing up Shevlin, but his shot crashes off the bar

68: Kane races in on goal but his namesake in the Coleraine team gets back to do enough to put him off

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66: Corner cleared back out to Glackin, his cross in is met by McLaughlin, who glances a header over the bar

63: Glackin sweeps forward before slipping a pass to Kelly, who tries his luck from 25 yards his shot fizzes past the far post

HALF-TIME: Coleraine 1 Ballymena United 1

45+3: Carson drives another low cross in towards the near post which O'Neill does well to parry away

39: McLaughlin does well to turn and get his shot off in the box, but it rolls wide of the far post

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37: GOAL - Place whips a corner in towards the near post and Loughran powers a header into the net

35: Kane does well to hook the ball back from the byline into the path of Millar, but he fires wide of the target

31: McLaughlin races clear and dinks the ball past O'Neill who brings the striker down. The keeper is given a yellow card and Kane blazes his spot kick over the bar

30: Carson's corner bounces about the penalty area before Henderson hooks it away from goal

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27: GOAL - Kane steps up to squeeze the ball past O'Neill from the spot kick despite the keeper getting a touch on the ball

26: Carson nicks the ball past Place in the box, but the Ballymena man brings him down.

20: Glackin feeds the ball out to Carson on the left-hand side, his low cross is spilled by O'Neill but the ball deflects off Nelson and bounces back into the keeper's arms

Coleraine: Deane, Kane, Mullan (Wilson 51), Brown, Jarvis (Kelly 25), Lowry, McLaughlin (Allen 80), Carson, O'Donnell, Glackin, Shevlin (Bradley 80).

Subs: Gallagher, Traynor, Mitchell.

Ballymena United: O'Neill, Kelly (McGrory 83), McElroy (Parkhouse77), McCullough, Kane (Waide 83), Henderson (Barr 76), Loughran, Millar, Graham, Nelson, Place.

Subs: Gallagher, Chapman, Bramall.

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