With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Carrick Rangers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Institute.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Irish League Cup. That game was also an away game, at Crusaders. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Institute are struggling to avoid relegation.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
With 3 Premiership wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Carrick Rangers are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Carrick Rangers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Glenavon in Premiership and win 6-2. Heartbreak before that as Carrick Rangers lost 2-3 at Coleraine's place.
As mentioned above, Carrick Rangers "killed" Glenavon in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The manager N. Currie will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Glenavon in only three days.
Carrick Rangers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Carrick Rangers defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Institute form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Institute so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Institute, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Crusaders (placed 1st). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Coleraine.
The attacking power of Institute when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Institute have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Institute - Carrick Rangers 0-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 3 Carrick Rangers victories, 1 draw and 5 Institute wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. McCready 7 goals |   S. Nixon 4 goals |  L. Chapman 3 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Institute missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Institute | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 76% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 65% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 24% | 22% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 9.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 160 | 94 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 50 | 109 |
| 75 | 43 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 44 |
| 29% | 26% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 32% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Carrick Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Institute.
- Carrick Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Institute has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- Institute have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Institute have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Institute 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 | Crusaders | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Linfield | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | Larne | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 17 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -30 | 14 |
| 11 | Institute | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -23 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 33 | -44 | 9 |