Season ticket holders at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Carrick Rangers languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Ballymena United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
- Ballymena United is in the best form (4-2-0)
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Glentoran.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Carrick Rangers, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership, so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Carrick with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Portadown game, 80 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 276 minutes without scoring a league goal. L. Anderson was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Carrick will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premiership game against Glentoran (placed 7th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Coleraine (0-3).
The manager N. Currie will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Warrenpoint Town in only three days.
A decent goal production from Carrick in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Ballymena United form and stats
Ballymena United, who have the most points (13) away in Premiership, have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ballymena, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Ballymena United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Larne (placed 3rd). A draw for Ballymena before that, at their own venue hosting Glentoran (1-1).
Ballymena are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Ballymena's manager D. Jeffrey has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Carrick Rangers and Ballymena United have met before this season: Ballymena United - Carrick 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carrick Rangers two wins, one draw and Ballymena United seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McElroy 6 goals | S. McCartan 4 goals |  C. Loughran 3 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Ballymena United missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Ballymena United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 27 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 40% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 60% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 50% | 41% |
- Ballymena United has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most clean sheets (4) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the most points (13) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United has the the best goal difference (+8) away in Premiership
- Ballymena United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Ballymena United have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Ballymena United is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Linfield | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Larne | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 9 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | -20 | 4 |