Carrick Rangers got a 1-1 score facing Ballymena United last week, a game to keep in mind. The next job is this robust Cliftonville team.
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cliftonville have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 23-11-10 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.
Cliftonville could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Carrick Rangers at their home stadium (Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena) is 6 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. When Carrick Rangers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Linfield, Larne and Crusaders), they have won 2 of 4 matches! The Carrick Rangers manager King might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Carrick Rangers's attacking players as they have now played 220 minutes without scoring in a league game. Anderson was their last goal scorer.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw versus Ballymena United in the Irish Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Before that game, the home loss against Crusaders with the scoreline 0-3.Carrick Rangers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena with 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded. When Carrick hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Newry City AFC, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Cliftonville form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cliftonville playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. Cliftonville seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Cliftonville won their last game, 1-0 versus Linfield played at home.
Before that, the Irish Cup win away at Dundela.
The visiting Cliftonville have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. Cliftonville's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville have won every one of the 9 latest battles versus this team. Another win today?The most up to date registered scoreline involving both these sides is the Cliftonville - Carrick Rangers 1-0 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Hale 11 goals | R. Curran 11 goals |  C. Allen 7 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 27 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 38 |
| 42 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 76% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 68% |
| 62% | 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 59% |
| 43% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 33% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 33% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 6.9 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 42% | 45% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 32% |
| 9.4 | 8.1 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 9.5 | 8.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 48 |
| 2 | Larne | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Linfield | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 14 |
| 12 | Portadown | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 5 |
