The visiting Cliftonville side are probably the strongest party at Carrick Rangers, as the guests own a 26 point advantage from their 25 league matches this season.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
This pitch has grass, which is not Cliftonville's usual surface at their own ground. When appearing on grass Cliftonville have performed like this: Played 43 matches yielding 15 wins, 14 draws and 14 defeats with the goal production 52-44 (scored/conceded).
Carrick Rangers and Cliftonville should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Carrick Rangers have to build on here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena in the Premiership.
In their previous game, the manager King led his Carrick to a defeat away at Dungannon Swifts. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Ballymena United.The manager King will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Warrenpoint Town in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Carrick Rangers here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Carrick Rangers defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Carrick hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Warrenpoint Town, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Cliftonville form and stats
The visitors are W4-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Cliftonville has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ballymena United for a 2-2 draw.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Linfield.After this away game Cliftonville return home for a Premiership game against Coleraine. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Cliftonville have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. Cliftonville are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past result involving both these sides is the Cliftonville - Carrick 2-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Carrick Rangers, zero draws and nine wins for Cliftonville. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Curran 9 goals | J. Gormley 8 goals | J. McDonagh 6 goals |
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| Carrick Rangers | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 39 |
| 40 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 76% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 25% | 44% |
| 24% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 20% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 52% |
| 32% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 48% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 6.1 | 8 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 24% | 26% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 50% | 43% |
| 8.3 | 8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 7.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premiership
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Linfield | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 29 | 53 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 49 |
| 4 | Larne | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 37 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 25 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -28 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -37 | 9 |
