Cliftonville are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture versus Carrick Rangers, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Cliftonville have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premiership
0-0-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Carrick Rangers when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those four matches are 2-13 (scored/conceded).
The hosts Cliftonville saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Irish League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ballymena United, was also a home game here at Solitude. The away team is better rested.
Cliftonville form and stats
Home games in the Premiership have been a walk in the park for Cliftonville so far, with 27 points won from 9 matches; 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Cliftonville has won so many consecutive home games (nine in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Solitude. We remember; it was Carrick Rangers.
Cliftonville's previous game was a Irish League Cup match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Ballymena United (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, Cliftonville played out a Premiership draw 1-1 when visiting Portadown.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Cliftonville's attacking play is working. Cliftonville have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Carrick who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Ballymena United was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Home advantage was not enough for Carrick in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Glentoran, 0-3.
A loss against Dungannon Swifts was the result prior to that, in a home game.Carrick find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Carrick have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought before this season: Cliftonville - Carrick Rangers 2-1. Cliftonville-Carrick Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cliftonville nine wins, Carrick Rangers one win, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Gormley 8 goals | R. Curran 6 goals |  D. Kelly 3 goals |
Cliftonville missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Cliftonville | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 29 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 89% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 72% |
| 44% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 33% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 0.6 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7.6 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 43% | 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 7 | 5.6 | 2.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cliftonville have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cliftonville have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cliftonville have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Cliftonville have the most points (27) at home in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the most points from losing position (12) in Premiership
- Cliftonville have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Premiership
- Cliftonville have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cliftonville have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cliftonville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Cliftonville | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Larne | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 11 | Portadown | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 9 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -29 | 7 |