Battling Carrick Rangers hope to pull off an upset when they play enterprising Crusaders in the next league round. It’s 9th vs 4th and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (41) in Premiership
This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
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 4 defeats. When Carrick Rangers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Linfield, Larne and Cliftonville), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The home team returns to Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena after drawing with Larne (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Dungannon Swifts.A decent goal production from Carrick Rangers in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Crusaders form and stats
Playing away, Crusaders, who have the most scored goals (41) in Premiership, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Crusaders go into this game after a win, the home game against Cliftonville that ended 3-0.
Prior to that match, the Crusaders manager Baxter faced defeat when travelling to Coleraine and losing 0-2.Crusaders have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Crusaders have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived meeting featuring both these squads is the Carrick - Crusaders 4-3 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carrick Rangers three wins, two draws and Crusaders five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Lowry 12 goals |  C. Allen 6 goals |  A. Mitchell 6 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 41 |
| 39 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 90% |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 70% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 55% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.2 | 7.2 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 44% | 47% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 40% |
| 9.1 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3 |
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Crusaders have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the most scored goals (41) in Premiership
- Crusaders have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Larne | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | Linfield | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Portadown | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -46 | 4 |
