Only a win will satisfy the Linfield supporters in this Windsor Park clash with Carrick Rangers, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premiership table.
- Linfield have the most scored goals (54) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (48) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Carrick are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Linfield form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 13 Premiership games here at Windsor Park for Linfield. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Linfield, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Linfield goalkeeper Chris Johns is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
A nice win for Linfield last time playing, versus Warrenpoint Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with J. Callacher, J. Cooper, A. Waterworth, J. Stewart and S. Lavery scoring for the victors. Before that, Linfield had a home game versus Cliftonville which ended with a victory 2-0.
As mentioned above, Linfield "killed" Warrenpoint Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Linfield have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 13 games found in the database showing ten Linfield wins, two draws and one defeat.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Linfield, as the Premiership home game vs Dungannon Swifts is only three days away.
Linfield are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 13 games). Linfield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Windsor Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
There's been little loot from Carrick Rangers's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Premiership. Carrick Rangers, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Premiership, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Carrick has drawn their two previous away games.
Carrick's previous game was their home loss versus Crusaders (1-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-5 defeat against Glentoran.
Nobody expects Carrick to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 16 times before, with the overall statistics of won seven, draw three and lost six. When defeated, three matches have been lost by two or more goals.
A new game in only three days for Carrick, the Premiership home match versus Larne. Busy days.
The attacking power of Carrick when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Carrick have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Carrick Rangers - Linfield 1-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Linfield victories, one draw and one Carrick Rangers win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Lavery 14 goals | A. Waterworth 12 goals | J. Stewart 7 goals |
Linfield missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Linfield | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 54 | 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 48 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 91% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 39% | 38% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 57% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 39% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 9% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 10.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 52% | 51% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 37% |
- All of Carrick Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals (48) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Carrick Rangers.
- Linfield have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the most clean sheets (9) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most points (32) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals (36) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals (54) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+29) at home in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+29) in Premiership
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Larne | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 6 | Cliftonville | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Portadown | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 15 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 | Dungannon Swifts | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -32 | 12 |