Ballymena United will battle it out with Carrick Rangers in this Premiership game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premiership
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.
Ballymena United form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Ballymena United are 1-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Ballymena are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Ballymena United, who won 4-0 against Cliftonville (placed 4th). Before that, Ballymena had a home game versus Warrenpoint Town which ended with a victory 2-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ballymena played a great game against Cliftonville and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There will be little rest for Ballymena United after this match as they are travelling to Portadown for a Premiership game in only four days.
Ballymena are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Ballymena have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
It's not happening yet for Carrick Rangers on their Premiership travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Carrick have lost on their last two travels.
Carrick are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Premiership against Portadown (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dungannon Swifts.
It's hard not to mention M. Smith's lethal finishing against Portadown. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A new game in only four days for Carrick, the Premiership home match versus Warrenpoint Town. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Carrick Rangers has managed 1 goal and let in 8 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Ballymena wins - draws - Carrick Rangers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Ballymena United missing players
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| Ballymena United | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.9 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 43% |
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Carrick Rangers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ballymena United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Carrick Rangers have scored away.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have lost all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Linfield | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Glenavon | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Warrenpoint Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Coleraine | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Glentoran | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 12 | Portadown | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 4 |