Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Carrick Rangers & Dundela face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the County Antrim Shield. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Carrick Rangers nor Dundela as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Carrick Rangers form and stats
The overall Premiership statistics playing at home this season for Carrick Rangers are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Carrick Rangers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the game against Glentoran. Carrick were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Carrick Rangers won a home game hosting Crusaders (4-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dungannon Swifts are coming to town in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Carrick Rangers at home in the league. 10 on target and 10 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Dundela form and stats
Playing away, Dundela have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Championship this season.
Two travels in a row for Dundela, whose coach Currie could celebrate last time after the win against Dergview.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Newington Youth in the Championship.After this away game Dundela return home for a Championship game against Knockbreda. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Dundela are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Dundela are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Carrick Rangers victories, two draws and three Dundela wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Allen 4 goals | D. Cushley 3 goals |  A. Mitchell 3 goals |
Carrick Rangers missing players
Dundela missing players
| Carrick Rangers | Dundela | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Linfield | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Newry City AFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -19 | 3 |
| 12 | Portadown | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Dundela | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Warrenpoint Town | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Ards | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Ballinamallard United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Newington Youth | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Ballyclare Comrades | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | Knockbreda | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Institute | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | H&W Welders | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Dergview | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -18 | 1 |
