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- Larne have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Larne form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Inver Park as Larne have scored 21 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rohan Ferguson not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
The Larne followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Newry City AFC and win 2-0.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Glenavon.It should be considered that a peek at the 15 latest league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Larne's attacking play is working. Defensively Larne have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Carrick Rangers, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Carrick are travelling again after losing away to Dungannon Swifts in their previous match (1-4).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Linfield wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Carrick Rangers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Carrick's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 9 travels.
Head 2 Head
Larne have managed a streak of 10 consecutive games without losing (7-3-0) when facing Carrick Rangers.The newest logged history between these contenders is the Carrick Rangers - Larne 0-1 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. O'Neill 10 goals | L. Bonis 8 goals | L. Millar 7 goals |
Larne missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Larne | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 38 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 39 |
| 95% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 89% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 79% |
| 47% | 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 63% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 78% | 47% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 56% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 53% |
| 58% | 67% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 12.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 43% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11 | 9.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5 |
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Larne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Larne have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Carrick Rangers have scored away.
- Larne have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premiership
- Larne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Larne | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Linfield | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Portadown | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | -45 | 4 |
