Betting preview: Carrick Rangers faced with a tough challenge when Glentoran visits

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena

Which side will win when Glentoran go to play Carrick Rangers? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant info and data needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Carrick Rangers form and stats

Carrick Rangers have collected 18 points from their Premiership home games so far after 6-0-4. Carrick has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager King and the players.

Carrick Rangers lost their last game at Dungannon Swifts (placed 11th) after a 1-4 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Linfield.

The Carrick fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Carrick Rangers have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Glentoran form and stats

Playing away, Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premiership this season.

Glentoran play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Crusaders (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Portadown at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Look out: 11 of the latest 14 league fixtures involving this club have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The schedule is very tough for Glentoran now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Cliftonville is waiting in only four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Glentoran have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's not easy to score on Glentoran as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 7 most recent games featuring these two teams have all ended as Glentoran wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Glentoran - Carrick Rangers 5-0 was the product when these two contenders formerly met, also in this season. Donnelly likes to face Carrick Rangers and have scored 10 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranC. McMenamin
C. McMenamin
9 goals
CarrickC. Allen
C. Allen
6 goals
Carrick RangersA. Mitchell
A. Mitchell
6 goals

Carrick Rangers missing players

Glentoran missing players

Carrick Rangers Glentoran
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 1 9 16
7 6 0 Won W 0 5 11
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
11 4 3 Lost L 0 2 3
27 17 2 Scored S 0 13 32
39 13 7 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 78% 88%
79% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 62%
63% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 56%
47% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 31%
37% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
53% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 25%
21% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 78% 69%
26% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 22% 19%
 
3.4 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 6.8 6.6
4.4 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 4.3
2.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.3 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.2 7.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.9 10.7
3.3 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 5.1
44% 47% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 40%
 
9.1 7.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 4 5.7 6
5 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.9 2.3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
  • Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premiership

  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 19 14 2 3 38 13 9 7 1 1 21 4 10 7 1 2 17 9 25 41
2 Cliftonville 17 11 3 3 30 21 7 5 2 0 16 6 10 6 1 3 14 15 9 36
3 Crusaders 19 11 3 5 38 24 10 8 1 1 27 9 9 3 2 4 11 15 14 36
4 Linfield 18 11 3 4 32 16 9 5 2 2 15 11 9 6 1 2 17 5 16 36
5 Glentoran 16 11 2 3 32 8 7 6 0 1 19 3 9 5 2 2 13 5 24 35
6 Coleraine 19 10 3 6 32 17 10 5 2 3 17 10 9 5 1 3 15 7 15 30
7 Ballymena United 18 7 2 9 24 27 9 4 1 4 14 13 9 3 1 5 10 14 -3 23
8 Carrick Rangers 19 7 1 11 27 39 10 6 0 4 17 13 9 1 1 7 10 26 -12 22
9 Glenavon 18 5 5 8 31 31 10 4 2 4 18 16 8 1 3 4 13 15 0 20
10 Newry City AFC 19 5 0 14 20 40 9 3 0 6 11 16 10 2 0 8 9 24 -20 15
11 Dungannon Swifts 19 3 1 15 13 44 10 3 1 6 8 15 9 0 0 9 5 29 -31 7
12 Portadown 19 2 1 16 8 45 10 1 1 8 4 22 9 1 0 8 4 23 -37 4