The Premiership season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Carrick Rangers and Dungannon Swifts promises to be an interesting one.
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.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premiership game of the season here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 0 draws and 11 losses from Carrick Rangers's 16 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Carrick to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Carrick will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premiership game against Cliftonville (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Larne (1-2).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Portadown in only three days. This game is also played here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Carrick Rangers at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premiership for Dungannon Swifts, who have the fewest scored goals (0) in Premiership, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
R. Campbell was the last player to score for the away team. Dungannon haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Glenavon (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Warrenpoint Town.
A new game in only three days for Dungannon Swifts, the Premiership home match versus Cliftonville. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Dungannon Swifts has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Carrick victories, zero draws and seven Dungannon Swifts wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Carrick Rangers missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Carrick Rangers has the most conceded goals (10) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the most conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers is in the worst form (0-0-3)
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest scored goals (0) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premiership
| Carrick Rangers | Last season | Dungannon Swifts | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Conceded | C | 43 | 76 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 94% | ||
| 71% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 23% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 10% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 53% | 35% | ||
| 35% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 13% | ||
| 39% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 42% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 278 | 171 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 159 | ||
| 128 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 76 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Larne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Portadown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Glentoran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |