Struggling Carrick Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Larne in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premiership
Carrick Rangers and Larne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Carrick Rangers, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership, at their home stadium (Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. 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.
Carrick Rangers lost their last game at Glentoran (placed 9th) after a 0-6 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Warrenpoint Town that was lost 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.
There will be little rest for Carrick after this match as they are travelling to Dungannon Swifts for a Premiership game in only three days.
Carrick Rangers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena with 6 goals in 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Carrick defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Larne form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Carrick Rangers.
Impressive finishing from D. McDaid, M. Donnelly and G. Kelly secured the home win 3-1 against Linfield in their previous game. Before that, Larne secured a home win against Glenavon with the score 2-1.
A new game in only three days for Larne, the Premiership home match versus Warrenpoint Town. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Larne have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Larne's manager T. Lynch has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Carrick Rangers - Larne 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Carrick Rangers-Larne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carrick four wins, Larne five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Carrick Rangers missing players
Larne missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 90% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 38% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premiership
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premiership
- Larne has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- Larne have not yet lost a game.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Larne is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Linfield | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Glenavon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Coleraine | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Warrenpoint Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Glentoran | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Portadown | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 4 |