An important duel in the bottom section of the Premiership, with both Carrick Rangers and Warrenpoint Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 9th place.
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (62) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Carrick Rangers, who have the most conceded goals (62) in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A nice win for Carrick last time playing, versus Portadown. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-3 with D. Kelly, C. Loughran, C. Friel (2) and K. Cherry scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Coleraine.
The force was strong with Carrick Rangers in their previous game playing Portadown. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from D. Kelly, C. Loughran, C. Friel (2) and K. Cherry the match ended with a very strong 5-3 win. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carrick Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Ballymena United in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Carrick Rangers has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Carrick with 30 goals conceded in these matches.
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Warrenpoint Town's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Premiership. Warrenpoint Town only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.
Warrenpoint's previous game was their home loss versus Glentoran (1-2). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Ballymena United.
The attacking power of Warrenpoint when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. The Warrenpoint manager B. Gray has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Carrick and Warrenpoint Town have met before this season: Carrick Rangers - Warrenpoint Town 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Carrick won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Warrenpoint Town has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  C. Loughran 9 goals |  A. O'Sullivan 6 goals | D. Kelly 4 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
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| Carrick Rangers | Warrenpoint Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 25 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 62 | 30 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 29 | 44 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 88% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 52% |
| 44% | 54% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 28% | 31% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 48% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 52% |
| 8% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 16% |
| 48% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 39% | 49% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | 34% |
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (30) at home in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (62) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Warrenpoint Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 38 | 57 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Larne | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 39 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 10 | Portadown | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 18 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -37 | 16 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -36 | 15 |