Cliftonville and Carrick Rangers match-goers have their finest supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Premiership campaign. Let's go!
Cliftonville's stadium, Solitude, has a artifical turf surface. Carrick Rangers have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Carrick Rangers when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from three matches. They have scored 1 goal in these games and conceded 11.
Cliftonville form and stats
The season before, Cliftonville's league results were 16 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, providing 4th spot in the Premiership. During these 33 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 35. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Cliftonville delivered 12-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 17 conceded.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Coleraine in only three days. This game is also played here at Solitude.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Cliftonville friendly games in pre-season: Cliftonville played six friendlies, won 5, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Cliftonville scored 13 goals and conceded 5 in these six games.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Carrick Rangers performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 8 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 77 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 8/44 goals scored/conceded.
A new game in only three days for Carrick Rangers, the Premiership home match versus Warrenpoint Town. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Carrick Rangers have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cliftonville nine wins, zero draws and Carrick Rangers one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Cliftonville missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Cliftonville | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Cliftonville | Last season | Carrick Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 21 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 14 | 25 | ||
| 60 | 39 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 49 | 92 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 89% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 22% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 39% | ||
| 10% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 42% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 47% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 11% | ||
| 30% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 47% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ballymena United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carrick Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dungannon Swifts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Glentoran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Larne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Linfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Portadown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 78 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| 4 | Larne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 60 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 54 |