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Both Teams to Score Prediction
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The Premiership meeting at Ballymena Showgrounds on Saturday will see home team Ballymena United play against Carrick Rangers.
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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Ballymena United to Win
📏 Form Guide
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Ballymena United
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Ballymena United will be looking for an improved result here following a 5-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Cliftonville.
Shea Gordon (5'), Joe Gormley (55'), Eric McWoods (82', 93') and Ryan Curran (92') scored for Cliftonville.
At least three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Ballymena United have been involved. Opposition teams scored 11 times in this period whereas Ballymena United bagged a total of 11. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Looking at their past form shows that Ballymena United:
- have not won against Carrick Rangers in their last 2 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Carrick Rangers
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Carrick Rangers head into the meeting following on from a 4-1 Premiership win versus Portadown in their most recent match.
For Carrick Rangers, the scorers were Joe Crowe (17'), Danny Gibson (22', 39') and Albert Watson (51'). Josh Ukek (42') was the scorer for Portadown.
In the course of their six most recent matches, Stephen Baxter's Carrick Rangers have found the net a total of 6 times - yielding them a goals per game average of 1.
Their prior results show that Carrick Rangers:
- remain unbeaten by Ballymena United in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- have not won away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/12/2023 shows us that Ballymena United have won 1 of these & Carrick Rangers 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A combined total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 from Sky Blues and 9 created by The Gers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The previous league game featuring these sides was Premiership match day 26 on 18/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Carrick Rangers 0-0 Ballymena United.
The match was refereed by Declan Hassan.
🗞️ Team News: Ballymena United
Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Ballymena United gaffer Jim Ervin to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Johnny McMurray (Knee surgery) misses out.
📰 Team News: Carrick Rangers
Owing to an otherwise available group of players, there is just the lone fitness worry for the Carrick Rangers manager Stephen Baxter to contend with. Cameron Stewart (surgery) won’t be in action.
💡 Prediction
In this game, Carrick Rangers should be able to put a goal past this Ballymena United lineup, however it realistically won’t be enough to avoid defeat.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Ballymena United when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.
Victor Martins, 13:11 12/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
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Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ballymena United
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Ballymena Showgrounds (3,824)
Captain: Sean O'Neill
Chairman: Chris Selwood
Manager: Jim Ervin
Competitions: Premiership position 9
🔑 Key Player: Ben Kennedy
Regularly played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Ben Kennedy was born in Belfast, N. Ireland. After having made a senior debut playing for Stevenage in the 2014 - 2015 season, the dangerous Midfielder has scored a sum of 13 league goals in this Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 25 appearances.
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Carrick Rangers |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 82 | WWWWW |
| 2 |
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35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 57 | DDLWL |
| 3 |
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35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 56 | DDWDD |
| 4 |
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35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 52 | DDWLW |
| 5 |
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35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 51 | WDLDL |
| 6 |
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35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 51 | LDWLD |
| 7 |
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35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 52 | LDWWW |
| 8 |
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35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 47 | WDLDL |
| 9 |
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35 | 14 | 4 | 17 | -4 | 46 | LWLWL |
| 10 |
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35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 40 | DLLDL |
| 11 |
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35 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -23 | 30 | LDLLW |
| 12 |
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35 | 5 | 6 | 24 | -44 | 21 | LDWLW |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Cliftonville |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
| Loughgall |
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Ballymena United |
| Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
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Larne |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Portadown |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Cliftonville |
| Cliftonville |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Glentoran |
| Portadown |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
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Cliftonville |
| Ballymena United |
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Larne |
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Portadown |
| Ballymena United |
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Glentoran |
| Ballymena United |
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Linfield |
| Cliftonville |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Portadown |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Dungannon Swifts |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Cliftonville |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Glenavon |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Linfield |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Goals scored | 1.4 |
| Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Time first goal scored | 41 |
| Time first goal conceded | 46 |
| Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | 5-2 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 0.6 |
| Goals conceded | 2 |
| Time first goal scored | 51 |
| Time first goal conceded | 52 |
| Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| Red cards | 0.3 |
| Subs used | 3.4 |
| Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
| Ben Kennedy | 13 |
| Ethan Devine | 4 |
| Andy Scott | 4 |
| Success Edogun | 3 |
| Patrick McEleney | 3 |
| Danny Gibson | 9 |
| Paul Heatley | 6 |
| Joe Crowe | 3 |
| Nedas Maciulaitis | 3 |
| Curtis Allen | 2 |
| Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
| Portadown |
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Ballymena United |
| Loughgall |
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Carrick Rangers |
| Carrick Rangers |
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Glenavon |
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