Ballymena United have journeyed here for an engaging game versus the home team Carrick Rangers. Get ready for the match with this in-depth Premiership preview!
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
- Ballymena United have the most conceded goals (9) away in Premiership
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premiership. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Carrick are confident in defense, having played 287 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Carrick, facing Larne in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Portadown.Carrick have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Carrick have conceded 3 goals.
Ballymena United form and stats
It's not happening yet for Ballymena United on their Premiership travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Ballymena's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Ballymena are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the Premiership against Dungannon Swifts (placed 10th). Ballymena United can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Dungannon Swifts. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-3 victory. J. Smith scored the final goal. An off the wall fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Ballymena United, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as enjoying?
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coleraine wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Ballymena defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Carrick Rangers victories, zero draws and eight Ballymena United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kelly 3 goals | L. Anderson 2 goals |  L. Millar 2 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Ballymena United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 8.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 5 | 7.8 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 23% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 47% |
- All of Ballymena United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ballymena United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ballymena United have lost all their away matches so far.
- Ballymena United have the most conceded goals (9) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Carrick Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Larne | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Linfield | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 1 |