Glentoran vs Carrick Rangers preview: Visitors will have a back-breaking 90 minutes at The Oval

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Competition: Mon 28.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Oval (26556 seats)

Welcome to The Oval and the match starring Glentoran & Carrick Rangers in the Premiership. Tipsway has all you should know!

Insights:
  • Glentoran have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership
  • Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Premiership

Glentoran and Carrick Rangers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Glentoran form and stats

The overall Premiership results at home this season for Glentoran are 9-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Glentoran shared the glory with Ballymena United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Dungannon Swifts with a 1-0 scoreline.

Glentoran are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost one.

A decent goal production from Glentoran in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Glentoran have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Carrick Rangers form and stats

There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 15 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Bitter travels for Carrick Rangers as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Crusaders match.

Carrick's last game was the home draw against Larne (1-1).

A 0-2 defeat away at Glenavon before that.

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 twelve games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected nine times.

The attacking power of Carrick Rangers when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. In the opposite end, Carrick have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Carrick Rangers - Glentoran 0-3, played this season. McDaid (Glentoran) and Glendinning (Carrick Rangers) were shown red cards when these teams met earlier this season. Will it be as short-tempered this time? As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Glentoran victories, one draw and one Carrick Rangers win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Donnelly with 7 goals scored against Carrick Rangers in these 10 games.

Top Goalscorers

GlentoranJ. Donnelly
J. Donnelly
23 goals
GlentoranC. McMenamin
C. McMenamin
18 goals
Carrick RangersJ. Gibson
J. Gibson
7 goals

Glentoran missing players

Carrick Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Glentoran Carrick Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 6 15 32
20 9 4 Won W 0 2 6
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
6 4 0 Lost L 5 10 19
58 28 11 Scored S 2 13 31
32 18 4 Conceded C 12 28 56
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 91%
81% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 81%
59% 73% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 59%
25% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 28%
12% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 9%
53% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 44%
34% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 25%
12% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 53% 41%
 
5.4 6.1 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.6 4.5
4.8 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.8
1.4 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 1.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
10.4 11.8 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.9 6.9
4.6 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.8 2.8
39% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 28%
 
7.3 6.1 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.1 8
3 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Glentoran have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Carrick Rangers have scored away.
  • Glentoran have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership
  • Glentoran have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premiership
  • Glentoran 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 33 22 8 3 62 22 16 12 4 0 31 7 17 10 4 3 31 15 40 74
2 Cliftonville 32 21 7 4 52 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 16 8 6 2 23 13 28 70
3 Glentoran 32 20 6 6 58 32 15 9 2 4 28 18 17 11 4 2 30 14 26 66
4 Crusaders 33 19 4 10 47 28 16 9 3 4 22 11 17 10 1 6 25 17 19 61
5 Larne 33 15 8 10 56 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 16 8 3 5 30 21 18 53
6 Coleraine 33 13 9 11 50 32 17 9 5 3 27 11 16 4 4 8 23 21 18 48
7 Glenavon 33 12 9 12 46 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 17 6 7 4 27 20 2 45
8 Ballymena United 33 13 5 15 38 46 16 8 4 4 24 19 17 5 1 11 14 27 -8 44
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 1 23 40 81 17 4 1 12 22 42 16 5 0 11 18 39 -41 28
10 Carrick Rangers 32 6 7 19 31 56 17 4 4 9 18 28 15 2 3 10 13 28 -25 25
11 Portadown 32 5 9 18 28 61 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 2 2 12 12 41 -33 24
12 Warrenpoint Town 33 3 3 27 30 74 17 2 0 15 20 48 16 1 3 12 10 26 -44 12

Table
  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 33 22 8 3 62 22 16 12 4 0 31 7 17 10 4 3 31 15 40 74
2 Cliftonville 32 21 7 4 52 24 16 13 1 2 29 11 16 8 6 2 23 13 28 70
3 Glentoran 32 20 6 6 58 32 15 9 2 4 28 18 17 11 4 2 30 14 26 66
4 Crusaders 33 19 4 10 47 28 16 9 3 4 22 11 17 10 1 6 25 17 19 61
5 Larne 33 15 8 10 56 38 17 7 5 5 26 17 16 8 3 5 30 21 18 53
6 Coleraine 33 13 9 11 50 32 17 9 5 3 27 11 16 4 4 8 23 21 18 48
7 Glenavon 33 12 9 12 46 44 16 6 2 8 19 24 17 6 7 4 27 20 2 45
8 Ballymena United 33 13 5 15 38 46 16 8 4 4 24 19 17 5 1 11 14 27 -8 44
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 1 23 40 81 17 4 1 12 22 42 16 5 0 11 18 39 -41 28
10 Carrick Rangers 32 6 7 19 31 56 17 4 4 9 18 28 15 2 3 10 13 28 -25 25
11 Portadown 32 5 9 18 28 61 16 3 7 6 16 20 16 2 2 12 12 41 -33 24
12 Warrenpoint Town 33 3 3 27 30 74 17 2 0 15 20 48 16 1 3 12 10 26 -44 12

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