Linfield have played good football so far this season, sitting at 3rd place in the table. Carrick Rangers have a view both up and down the table from the 7th position.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premiership
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Linfield and Carrick Rangers.
Linfield form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Windsor Park as Linfield have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Linfield are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David Walsh not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.
Linfield are returning here after visiting Glenavon in a Premiership game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. C. Manzinga (2) and A. Salam scored the goal(s). The 3-0 win against Glenavon was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Before that, Linfield had a home game versus Cliftonville which ended with a victory 1-0.There will be little rest for Linfield after this match as they are travelling to Coleraine for a Premiership game in only four days.
Linfield can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. As for guarding their own goal, Linfield have only let in 2 goals at home.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Carrick Rangers in their Premiership matches away.
Carrick Rangers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Warrenpoint Town proved too strong as Carrick Rangers slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Ballymena United with the score of 1-0.With the hosts identified as having a victory probability of roughly 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the away side would be an eye-opener. Examining earlier games with similar odds and Carrick as the visiting side, we found seven results. The data from these were zero away wins, zero draws and seven defeats. The visitors lost six of these fixtures by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Carrick are hosting Dungannon Swifts in the Premiership only four days away.
Carrick Rangers have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Carrick Rangers in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other already this season, with the result Linfield - Carrick Rangers 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Linfield wins - draws - Carrick Rangers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzinga 11 goals |  M. Green 4 goals |  J. Stewart 3 goals |
Linfield missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Linfield | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 27% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6.8 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 58% | 50% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- Carrick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Carrick Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premiership
- Linfield have not yet lost a game at home.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premiership
- Linfield have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- Linfield have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premiership
- Linfield have the the best goal difference (+19) in Premiership
- Linfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Cliftonville | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Linfield | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 29 |
| 5 | Larne | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 9 |
| 11 | Portadown | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 8 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -25 | 6 |