Season ticket holders at Loughshore Hotel Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Carrick Rangers languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Glenavon will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Carrick Rangers are certainly not brimming with confidence.
In their previous game, the manager N. Currie led his Carrick Rangers to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Coleraine. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Loughshore Hotel Arena. Preceding that match was the home game against Crusaders that was lost 1-3.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Carrick Rangers here at Loughshore Hotel Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Glenavon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Glenavon so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Glenavon won their last game, 3-1 versus Institute played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Linfield.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Glenavon manager G. Hamilton as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Glentoran.
Glenavon find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Glenavon can't defend away. 26 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Carrick Rangers won 0 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Glenavon has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  R. Marshall 4 goals |  A. Mitchell 4 goals |   S. Nixon 3 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Glenavon missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Glenavon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 26 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 86% | 67% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 146 | 80 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 56 | 105 |
| 64 | 32 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | 51 |
| 25% | 16% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 23% | 27% |
- All of Glenavon's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Carrick Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glenavon has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Glenavon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Glenavon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glenavon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Glenavon 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 | Coleraine | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 35 |
| 4 | Linfield | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 33 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Larne | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -17 | 17 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -25 | 14 |
| 11 | Institute | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -25 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 33 | -45 | 6 |