Struggling Carrick Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Crusaders in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers have played 4 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Carrick to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Carrick Rangers in their previous match, an away game at Glentoran that ended in defeat 0-6. Preceding that match was a defeat to Warrenpoint Town (1-3).
As you see from the result above, Carrick suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Carrick have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Crusaders form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Crusaders have lost on their last two travels.
190 minutes! That's how long the Crusaders goalkeeper Gerard Doherty and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Crusaders's previous game versus Portadown (placed 10th), a Premiership 5-0 win played at home. Before that, Crusaders secured a home win against Glentoran with the score 2-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Crusaders was very dominant against Portadown, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with P. Heatley, J. Owens, P. Lowry (2) and A. Lecky providing the goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Crusaders's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crusaders have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Carrick victories, zero draws and eight Crusaders wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Carrick Rangers missing players
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| Carrick Rangers | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | 41% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Crusaders 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 | Larne | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Linfield | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Coleraine | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Glentoran | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Portadown | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 4 |