Larne travel to Carrick Rangers with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena

Carrick Rangers are counting on their home advantage to support them in this fixture against Larne. Who is the winner at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena?

Insights:
  • Carrick Rangers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Carrick Rangers form and stats

With 4 Premiership wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Carrick Rangers are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager King led his Carrick to a defeat away at Glenavon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Portadown.

Carrick Rangers has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Larne form and stats

8-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Larne in their Premiership matches away.

Larne played 1-1 against Glenavon in their previous match.

A 1-1 draw at Coleraine's stadium before that.

Larne are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 15 away games so far. 20 goals have been conceded by Larne in these games.

Head 2 Head

Carrick Rangers - Larne 1-3 was the story when this pair of teams last met, also in this season. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Carrick Rangers won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Larne got seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

LarneD. McDaid
D. McDaid
10 goals
CarrickJ. Gibson
J. Gibson
7 goals
LarneL. Lynch
L. Lynch
7 goals

Carrick Rangers missing players

Larne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carrick Rangers Larne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 5 15 31
6 4 2 Won W 4 8 15
6 3 2 Drew D 1 2 7
19 9 1 Lost L 0 5 9
30 17 7 Scored S 14 29 54
55 27 6 Conceded C 6 20 34
90% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
81% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
61% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 58%
29% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 29%
10% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 20% 16%
42% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 58%
26% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 29%
42% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 16%
 
4.6 4.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 5.7 6.4
3.9 3.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.4 3.7 3.4
1.7 1.4 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 2
4 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 7.1 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 10.5 10.6
2.9 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.4 6.1 5.6
27% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 31%
 
8.3 7.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.2 6.9 5.7
4.5 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 2.7
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Carrick Rangers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Larne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 8 3 55 21 15 11 4 0 26 7 16 9 4 3 29 14 34 68
2 Glentoran 31 20 5 6 57 31 15 9 2 4 28 18 16 11 3 2 29 13 26 65
3 Cliftonville 30 19 7 4 49 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 14 6 6 2 20 13 25 64
4 Crusaders 31 17 4 10 41 25 15 8 3 4 20 10 16 9 1 6 21 15 16 55
5 Larne 31 15 7 9 54 34 16 7 5 4 25 14 15 8 2 5 29 20 20 52
6 Coleraine 30 12 9 9 43 25 16 9 5 2 25 8 14 3 4 7 18 17 18 45
7 Glenavon 31 11 9 11 43 40 15 6 2 7 19 22 16 5 7 4 24 18 3 42
8 Ballymena United 31 12 4 15 34 44 15 8 3 4 23 18 16 4 1 11 11 26 -10 40
9 Dungannon Swifts 30 9 1 20 38 71 15 4 1 10 20 37 15 5 0 10 18 34 -33 28
10 Carrick Rangers 31 6 6 19 30 55 16 4 3 9 17 27 15 2 3 10 13 28 -25 24
11 Portadown 31 4 9 18 26 61 15 2 7 6 14 20 16 2 2 12 12 41 -35 21
12 Warrenpoint Town 30 3 3 24 26 65 15 2 0 13 17 41 15 1 3 11 9 24 -39 12

Table
  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 20 8 3 55 21 15 11 4 0 26 7 16 9 4 3 29 14 34 68
2 Glentoran 31 20 5 6 57 31 15 9 2 4 28 18 16 11 3 2 29 13 26 65
3 Cliftonville 30 19 7 4 49 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 14 6 6 2 20 13 25 64
4 Crusaders 31 17 4 10 41 25 15 8 3 4 20 10 16 9 1 6 21 15 16 55
5 Larne 31 15 7 9 54 34 16 7 5 4 25 14 15 8 2 5 29 20 20 52
6 Coleraine 30 12 9 9 43 25 16 9 5 2 25 8 14 3 4 7 18 17 18 45
7 Glenavon 31 11 9 11 43 40 15 6 2 7 19 22 16 5 7 4 24 18 3 42
8 Ballymena United 31 12 4 15 34 44 15 8 3 4 23 18 16 4 1 11 11 26 -10 40
9 Dungannon Swifts 30 9 1 20 38 71 15 4 1 10 20 37 15 5 0 10 18 34 -33 28
10 Carrick Rangers 31 6 6 19 30 55 16 4 3 9 17 27 15 2 3 10 13 28 -25 24
11 Portadown 31 4 9 18 26 61 15 2 7 6 14 20 16 2 2 12 12 41 -35 21
12 Warrenpoint Town 30 3 3 24 26 65 15 2 0 13 17 41 15 1 3 11 9 24 -39 12

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