Glentoran have performed better than Carrick Rangers so far this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need prior to kickoff:
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have scored in all their away matches so far.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Glentoran form and stats
Perfect Premiership season at home so far for Glentoran 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Glentoran are confident in defense, having played 445 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Glentoran fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Coleraine and win 1-0.
A home win ahead of that game, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Lisburn Distillery and won 1-0. 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 Glentoran home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
Glentoran are traveling soon after this match as the County Antrim Shield match at Ards awaits in four days.
Glentoran can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Defensively Glentoran have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Carrick won their last game, 4-3 versus Crusaders played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Crusaders was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 0-1 loss hosting Larne before that.You'll want to know how Carrick Rangers managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 14 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 11 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Carrick are hosting Dundela in the County Antrim Shield only four days away.
Carrick Rangers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Carrick struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The 6 most recent fixtures featuring these teams have all ended as Glentoran victories. More of the same or streak broken?One of the players to grab the headlines has been Donnelly with 9 goals scored against Carrick Rangers in these 10 games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Allen 4 goals |  C. McMenamin 3 goals | D. Cushley 3 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Glentoran | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 7.2 | 8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9 | 7.2 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 41% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 36% | 47% |
| 7.5 | 6.3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
- Carrick Rangers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glentoran have created more than twice as many corners as Carrick Rangers.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premiership
- Glentoran have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premiership
- Glentoran have won all their matches at home so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Larne | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Glentoran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Linfield | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Newry City AFC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
