It's the second try for points this campaign as Carrick Rangers U20 and Cliftonville U20 lock horns.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Carrick Rangers U20 form and stats
In the previous season, Carrick Rangers U20's league stats were 13 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, ending with 6th place in the Premiership Development League. In these 33 matches they scored 56 goals and gave away 64. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Carrick Rangers U20 produced 8-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 21 conceded.
It's back home for Carrick Rangers U20, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Newry City U20 away with the result 2-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Cliftonville U20 with the scoreline 1-3.Cliftonville U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cliftonville U20 performed last season in the Premiership Development League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded 68 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 37/42 goals scored/conceded.
Cliftonville U20 delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Coleraine U20 (placed 7th) in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Coleraine U20 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carrick Rangers U20 at their stadium, the result 3-1.Head 2 Head
Carrick-Cliftonville U20 H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Carrick Rangers U20 two wins, Cliftonville U20 four wins, zero draws. six of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Carrick Rangers U20 missing players
Cliftonville U20 missing players
| Carrick Rangers U20 | Cliftonville U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Carrick Rangers U20 | Last season | Cliftonville U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 56 | 27 | Scored | S | 37 | 80 | ||
| 64 | 21 | Conceded | C | 42 | 68 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 73% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 76% | 73% | ||
| 30% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 53% | 45% | ||
| 67% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 82% | ||
| 18% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 12% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 6% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 11.4 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Glentoran U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ballymena United U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Crusaders U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cliftonville U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Coleraine U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Newry City U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Glenavon U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Larne U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Portadown U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crusaders U20 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Cliftonville U20 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 68 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 42 | 12 | 54 |
| 3 | Ballymena United U20 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 53 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 59 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Linfield U20 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 70 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 33 | -2 | 51 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 43 | -8 | 45 |
| 7 | Portadown U20 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 44 |
| 8 | Glenavon U20 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 80 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 42 |
| 9 | Glentoran U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 70 | 76 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 48 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | Coleraine U20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 40 |
| 11 | Larne U20 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 50 | -33 | 31 |
