Larne have travelled here for an engaging battle against the hosts Carrick Rangers. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Premiership preview!
- Carrick Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premiership. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A strong away win for Carrick against Ballymena United the last match, as Cushley were on target.
Before that one, a nice away victory at H&W Welders. A County Antrim Shield match.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Carrick Rangers at home in the league. 6 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
Larne form and stats
The seven points Larne have gathered from their first three away trips in the Premiership is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
It's the second away game in a row for Larne, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Portadown (placed 11th) last time out.
Before that game, the victory at home against Knockbreda in the County Antrim Shield (2-0).
Larne find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Larne as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Larne have pulled off a streak of 9 consecutive matches without losing (6-3-0) when facing Carrick Rangers.Top Goalscorers
  P. O'Neill 4 goals |   A. Mitchell 3 goals | D. Cushley 2 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Larne missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.8 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 42% | 50% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 6.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
- All of Carrick Rangers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have not yet lost a game.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Larne have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) 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 | Glentoran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Linfield | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | Newry City AFC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 4 |
| 11 | Portadown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -12 | 0 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 0 |
