The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Crusaders leading Carrick Rangers by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Crusaders has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.
Crusaders are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.
Crusaders form and stats
Crusaders, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premiership, are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Seaview. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
The Crusaders crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Linfield here at Seaview in a Premiership match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Glentoran in a game that was won 1-0.
The defeat against Linfield was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by J. Callacher).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Crusaders's attacking play is working. Crusaders are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seaview in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carrick Rangers, who have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Premiership, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Carrick played 1-1 against Linfield in their previous match. Prior to that result Carrick Rangers won their away game at Dungannon Swifts. The scoreline was 2-0.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Carrick Rangers's match history for similar games we find six matches. The home team won six of these as expected, five of them by at least two goals. Carrick Rangers managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Glenavon.
Goals are few and far between in Carrick's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Carrick can't defend away. 21 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crusaders won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Carrick Rangers has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: ten / zeroTop Goalscorers
  P. Heatley 6 goals | J. Owens 6 goals | P. Lowry 4 goals |
Crusaders missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Crusaders | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 34 | 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 71% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 59% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 38% |
| 41% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 54% |
| 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 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 11 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 47% | 49% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 16% | 29% |
- All of Carrick Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Crusaders has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Crusaders has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premiership
- Crusaders has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premiership
- Crusaders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crusaders have scored in all their matches so far.
- Crusaders have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Crusaders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Larne | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Ballymena United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Portadown | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 11 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -23 | 11 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -20 | 8 |