There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Coleraine leading Carrick Rangers by 33 points.
- Coleraine is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (58) in Premiership
The visiting Carrick Rangers played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match.
Coleraine form and stats
Coleraine are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at The Showgrounds. 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Coleraine has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Dungannon Swifts defeat 105 days ago. It’s been three wins in a row for Coleraine here at The Showgrounds, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Dungannon Swifts.
Coleraine are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost one.
Coleraine are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Glenavon awaits in three days.
The Coleraine fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. Coleraine have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers, who have the most conceded goals (58) in Premiership, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-2-7 (11 played). With the Carrick Rangers losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Carrick played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected four times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portadown in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carrick Rangers as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Carrick are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Coleraine and Carrick Rangers have met before this season: Carrick Rangers - Coleraine 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coleraine nine wins, zero draws and Carrick Rangers one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Doherty 11 goals |  C. Loughran 8 goals | J. McLaughlin 5 goals |
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| Coleraine | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 37 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | 58 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 43% | 46% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 57% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 36% | 43% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 27% | 26% |
| 39% | 46% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 48% |
| 39% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 26% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 55% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 36% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 28% | 36% |
- All of Carrick Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (31) away in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (58) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Coleraine have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Carrick Rangers have scored away.
- Coleraine have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premiership
- Coleraine haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Coleraine is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Larne | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 39 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 24 |
| 10 | Portadown | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -22 | 15 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 31 | -38 | 13 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -36 | 12 |