Premiership: What this game might not have in elegance it should make up for in effort and commitment. Get ready for Coleraine - Carrick Rangers!
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Coleraine form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Coleraine at their home stadium (The Showgrounds) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The home team returns to The Showgrounds after being equal after 90 minutes with Portadown (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 0-0.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Ballymena United.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 Coleraine home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Coleraine as they are travelling to their away game against Glentoran in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Coleraine are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Coleraine have only let in 5 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Carrick Rangers played 2-2 against Glenavon in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Crusaders.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 14 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, three were draws and the home team won as expected ten times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ballymena United in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carrick Rangers as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Carrick Rangers have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded history involving both these participants is the Carrick Rangers - Coleraine 0-0 played previously this season. Last ten meetings involving these squads: Coleraine won nine, Carrick Rangers were winners in zero and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Shevlin 9 goals | C. McKendry 4 goals |  J. Gibson 4 goals |
Coleraine missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Coleraine | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| 76% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 86% |
| 71% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 73% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 23% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 32% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 35% | 37% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- Coleraine have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Linfield | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 49 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 39 |
| 5 | Larne | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 20 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -29 | 19 |
| 11 | Portadown | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -32 | 8 |
