Carrick Rangers will pray that their home support is enough to get a good result from this hard meeting, versus frisky Linfield.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+30) in Premiership
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active game!
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers's struggle is real here at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena with only 14 points collected from 14 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-2-8. It's trouble wherever Carrick Rangers are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The club members are hoping that Carrick Rangers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Crusaders (placed 4th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Warrenpoint Town (2-4).Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Linfield form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Linfield, who have the the best goal difference (+30) in Premiership, have produced an overall stat of 7-4-3 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Linfield have lost on their last two travels.
McKee scored in Linfield's previous match, the home game against Portadown that ended 1-0.
A 0-1 defeat away at Glentoran before that.Linfield are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 14 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Linfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Linfield - Carrick 2-0. Carrick Rangers-Linfield H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Carrick Rangers one win, Linfield eight wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 17 goals |   J. Gibson 6 goals | D. Cushley 5 goals |
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| Carrick Rangers | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | 48 |
| 49 | 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 71% |
| 61% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 43% |
| 29% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 21% | 14% |
| 11% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 39% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 39% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 43% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 60% | 44% |
| 8.3 | 7.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.9 | 6.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
- 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
- Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 59 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 58 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 49 |
| 5 | Larne | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 47 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 43 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -6 | 39 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -31 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -22 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 39 | -37 | 14 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -37 | 12 |
