Newry City AFC are longing to add to their points total at their own ground in this match hosting Carrick Rangers.
- Carrick Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Newry City AFC 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.
Newry City AFC form and stats
The complete Premiership statistics playing at home this season for Newry City AFC are 4-1-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Newry City AFC hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newry City AFC, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
Teelan was the last player to score a league goal for Newry City AFC and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Newry haven't scored in 222 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Newry City AFC, as their goalkeeper Steven Maguire has completely shut out the opponents for 212 minutes in the Premiership.
The spoils were shared in Newry City AFC's previous game, also at home. Visiting Larne (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ballymena United the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Newry City AFC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newry City AFC as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Newry City AFC has won 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Newry as they are travelling to their away game against Coleraine in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
The Newry City AFC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Newry City AFC defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carrick Rangers so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
Carrick's last game was the home draw against Glenavon (1-1).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coleraine wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Carrick Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Carrick Rangers, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Carrick Rangers return home for a Premiership game against Ballymena United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Carrick when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Carrick Rangers manager King has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head game ended Newry City AFC - Carrick Rangers 4-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding two meetings): Newry City AFC won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Carrick Rangers got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero. Teelan likes to face Carrick Rangers and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Allen 7 goals |  A. Mitchell 6 goals |  D. Hughes 5 goals |
Newry City AFC missing players
Carrick Rangers missing players
| Newry City AFC | Carrick Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 31 |
| 47 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 27 | 47 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 84% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 75% |
| 60% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 58% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 64% | 42% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 45% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 16% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 52% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.8 | 9.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- 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.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Larne | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 52 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 49 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -22 | 20 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41 | -43 | 17 |
| 12 | Portadown | 25 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -56 | 5 |
