Cliftonville perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Carrick Rangers can look both up and down from their 7th position.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership. That game was also an away game, at Glenavon. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Carrick Rangers play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Carrick Rangers when playing on artificial turf are 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 6 times in these games.
Carrick Rangers are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Cliftonville form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Premiership games here at Solitude for Cliftonville. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 240 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Gormley was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager P. McLaughlin led his Cliftonville to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Linfield. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Solitude. Before that game, the home loss against Glentoran with the scoreline 0-2.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Cliftonville home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
Cliftonville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Solitude with 15 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Cliftonville have conceded only 6 goals.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Carrick Rangers have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Carrick Rangers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Glenavon (placed 9th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Institute.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Carrick Rangers played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Carrick Rangers have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Carrick Rangers have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Cliftonville and Carrick Rangers have met before this season: Carrick Rangers - Cliftonville 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 9 wins for Cliftonville, 1 draw and 0 wins for Carrick Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 14 goals |  R. Donnelly 6 goals |  C. McMenamin 4 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Cliftonville | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 9.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 163 | 65 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 66 | 171 |
| 84 | 34 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 32 | 82 |
| 40% | 44% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 34% | 30% |
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carrick Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cliftonville has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Cliftonville has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 39 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 38 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | Larne | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 32 | -22 | 20 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -28 | 17 |
| 11 | Institute | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 36 | -46 | 9 |