With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Glentoran fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Carrick Rangers.
- Glentoran has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
Glentoran form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Oval as Glentoran, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premiership, have scored 14 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Glentoran's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Portadown (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Ballymena United the opponent.
There will be little rest for Glentoran after this match as they are travelling to Larne for a Premiership game in only three days.
The Glentoran manager M. McDermott has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Glentoran have only let in 3 goals at home.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
Carrick Rangers, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership, are still without points from their Premiership away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Carrick Rangers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Portadown was the last time a defeat was avoided. It's all red in the travel logs of Carrick, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Carrick Rangers have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 186 minutes ago. L. Anderson was the goal scorer.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Carrick Rangers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Coleraine (placed 5th). Prior to that match, the Carrick manager N. Currie faced defeat when travelling to Glentoran and losing 0-6.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ballymena United in just four days.
Carrick are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. Carrick can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 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
The most recent history between these sides is the Glentoran - Carrick Rangers 6-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Glentoran won six, Carrick Rangers won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Donnelly 6 goals | R. McDaid 6 goals |  C. Loughran 3 goals |
Glentoran missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Glentoran | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 82% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 73% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 55% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 27% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 56% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 11 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 31% | 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 29% |
- All of Carrick Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest points (0) away in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Carrick Rangers have lost all their away matches so far.
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Glentoran has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premiership
- Glentoran have not yet lost a game at home.
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Glentoran have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Larne | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Portadown | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 4 |