Get ready for Crusaders - Carrick Rangers! Forget the ups and downs, this game should be awesome!
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premiership
Both sides have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face game!
Crusaders form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Seaview as Crusaders have scored 14 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Seaview.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Crusaders, as their goalkeeper Jonny Tuffey has completely shut out the opponents for 185 minutes in the Premiership.
An away draw last time out for Crusaders, facing Coleraine in a game that ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dungannon Swifts in a game that was won 4-0.A decent goal production from Crusaders in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Carrick Rangers who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Ballymena United was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager King was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena. Carrick suffered a 1-3 loss to Larne (placed 4th).
A 0-2 defeat away at Cliftonville before that.With the hosting team identified as having a winning chance of about 80% by the bookies, any beneficial result for the visiting team would be unexpected. Researching earlier matches with similar odds and Carrick Rangers as the away team, we found seven results. The numbers from these were zero away wins, zero draws and seven defeats. The outsiders lost six of these matches by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carrick as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Carrick have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Carrick Rangers - Crusaders 0-2 was the score in these teams' last head-to-head match, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Crusaders won six, Carrick Rangers were winners in three and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kennedy 7 goals | P. Heatley 5 goals | A. Lecky 4 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Crusaders | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 26 | 14 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 75% |
| 28% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 17% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.5 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 33% | 47% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| 7.1 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 8.5 | 8.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Crusaders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crusaders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premiership
- Crusaders have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
- Crusaders 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 | Linfield | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 4 | Larne | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -26 | 13 |
| 11 | Portadown | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 12 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -30 | 8 |
