National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Carrick Rangers or Coleraine that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Carrick saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premiership. That game was an away game at Linfield, so at least Carrick are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Action has already taken place for Carrick in Irish League Cup as they have defeated Dergview to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Carrick's Irish League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.When playing at home in the Premiership, Carrick Rangers have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. Carrick has recorded two wins in a row here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Carrick in their previous match, an away game at Linfield that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Carrick suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The game against Linfield was basically lost in the first half (0-4) and the second half was more of a formality.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ballymena United.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Crusaders are coming to town in three days.
Carrick has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Carrick's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coleraine form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bangor in order to reach 3rd round of Irish League Cup. Nothing but glory last season for Coleraine, as they won the Irish League Cup.As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Coleraine have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Coleraine have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 297 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
Coleraine's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Glenavon that finished 0-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Crusaders.Coleraine have another match away in just three sleeps, a Premiership game against Glentoran. A back-breaking programme for the visitors!
The Coleraine manager O. Kearney has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carrick zero wins, zero draws and Coleraine ten victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 5 goals |  D. Kelly 3 goals | E. Bradley 3 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 12 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 40 | 52 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10 | ||
| 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Linfield | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Portadown | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 3 |