📊 Form Guide

Ballymena United

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Ballymena United, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-1 Premiership success against Cliftonville.

The only player to score from Ballymena United was Andy Scott (70').

Ballymena United have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 2 against opposing sides during the course of their last six matches. In those meetings, Ballymena United have also seen the number of goals against them come to 7. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Carrick Rangers

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Dungannon Swifts in Premiership action, Carrick Rangers will be aiming to make amends here.

James Knowles (76') was the scorer for Dungannon Swifts.

The stats don’t lie, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals overall. At the back, Carrick Rangers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Carrick Rangers:

• have not lost to Ballymena United when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 8 matches in the league. Who knows how long it might last, too.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/04/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Ballymena United winning 3 of those games, Carrick Rangers 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 from Sky Blues and 7 netted by The Gers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Premiership match day 8 on 17/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Carrick Rangers 1-4 Ballymena United.

The referee was Chris Morrison.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Carrick Rangers may find it difficult to score against this Ballymena United side who should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore seeing a good battle with a 1-0 winning margin for Ballymena United at the end of this game.

Hoping for a good game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:06 30/11/2024