Struggling Carrick Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Coleraine in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Carrick Rangers and Coleraine.
Carrick Rangers have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premiership.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Carrick Rangers have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 11 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aaron Hogg not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Carrick Rangers, who won 3-0 against Institute (placed 11th). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Larne the opponent.
Carrick Rangers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Carrick Rangers have conceded 17 from these games.
Coleraine form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Coleraine playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Coleraine delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Linfield (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Premiership game. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ballymena United.
Coleraine have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 11 away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Coleraine in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Coleraine - Carrick Rangers 3-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Carrick Rangers victories, 0 draws and 8 Coleraine wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 9 goals |  J. McLaughlin 9 goals |  E. Bradley 6 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Coleraine missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Coleraine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 48 |
| 32 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 68% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 83% |
| 59% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 52% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 55% | 48% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 48% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 43% |
| 36% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 196 | 116 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 107 | 225 |
| 92 | 53 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 52 | 109 |
| 30% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 36% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Carrick Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Linfield | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 44 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 43 |
| 6 | Larne | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 32 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -15 | 27 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -39 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 37 | -49 | 13 |