The visiting Larne side should be favourites in this visit to Carrick Rangers, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (55) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Carrick Rangers nor Larne as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Carrick is in the 11th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Carrick Rangers, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Premiership, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena. With eight home Premiership games in a row without a win, the Carrick Rangers fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Portadown game long ago, can be stopped today. Carrick Rangers has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager N. Currie and the players.
Before that game, the home loss against Crusaders with the scoreline 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 are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Coleraine awaits in four days.
Carrick are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Carrick Rangers have conceded 24 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Larne form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Larne playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Before that, Larne travelled to Ballymena United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Larne are hosting Cliftonville in the Premiership only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Larne's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Carrick Rangers - Larne 1-2. Carrick Rangers-Larne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carrick Rangers four wins, Larne five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 8 goals |  C. Loughran 7 goals | R. Hale 6 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Larne missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 37 |
| 55 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 96% |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 55% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 52% |
| 41% | 45% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 57% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 30% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9 | 9.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 46% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | 36% |
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest points (5) at home in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (55) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-36) 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 | Linfield | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Larne | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | Portadown | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -22 | 15 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 31 | -36 | 13 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -34 | 12 |