Season ticket holders at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Carrick Rangers languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Cliftonville will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Cliftonville has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It should be mentioned that Cliftonville play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cliftonville on grass are 14 victories, 7 draws and 21 defeats from 42 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 52-63. You can compare this with overall results below.
Carrick Rangers are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Cliftonville is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
With 1 Premiership win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Carrick Rangers are certainly not brimming with confidence. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Carrick, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Carrick crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Coleraine here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena in a Premiership match. Preceding that match was the home game against Glenavon that was lost 3-4.
Carrick are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Glenavon awaits in three days.
The Carrick fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Carrick Rangers defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cliftonville form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cliftonville, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Cliftonville as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premiership match against Ballymena United (1-2). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Ballymena United.
The attacking power of Cliftonville when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Cliftonville have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Cliftonville - Carrick 3-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carrick one win, one draw and Cliftonville eight victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Loughran 7 goals |  R. Curran 5 goals | M. McCrudden 4 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Cliftonville missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Cliftonville | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 33 |
| 38 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 77% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 55% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 23% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 41% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cliftonville has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership
- Cliftonville have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Larne | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 17 |
| 10 | Portadown | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 12 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | -27 | 12 |