The Premiership meeting at Lakeview Park on Saturday will see home side Loughgall fighting it out with opponents Carrick Rangers.
Our tips, poll and stats for Loughgall v Carrick Rangers can all be found here (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Loughgall
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Loughgall will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-1 Premiership defeat last time out to Portadown.
The only scorer from Loughgall was Ryan Waide (83'). James Teelan (19'), Josh Ukek (82') and Ben Wylie (90') scored for Portadown.
It has been seldom in recent times where Loughgall have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Loughgall have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals in the process. That trend might not be sustained into this match, of course.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Loughgall:
- are unbeaten in the league by Carrick Rangers in their last 3 games.
- have not beaten Carrick Rangers in their previous 2 matches in the league.
Carrick Rangers
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Previously, Carrick Rangers drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Ballymena United.
The only name on the scoresheet from Carrick Rangers was David Cushley (96'). Aaron Jarvis (75') scored for Ballymena United.
The stats tell the story, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Carrick Rangers have not been doing too well.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 02/12/2023, there has been little to separate the clubs with Loughgall winning 1 of those games, Carrick Rangers 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.
A combined total of 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 of them for Loughgall and 7 coming from The Gers. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The previous league game between the two was Premiership match day 30 on 22/02/2025 when the final score was Carrick Rangers 0-0 Loughgall.
The referee was Steven Gregg.
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Team News: Carrick Rangers
Due to a mostly healthy group, there is only the one fitness issue for the Carrick Rangers manager Stephen Baxter to be concerned with. Cameron Stewart (surgery) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We feel that Loughgall may well find it hard to register a score against this Carrick Rangers lineup who we reckon should gain the upper hand.
We’re therefore tipping a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Carrick Rangers at full-time.
Victor Martins,
07:18 18/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Loughgall
Formed: 1967
Stadium: Lakeview Park (1,650)
Captain: Ben Murdock
Chairman: Sam Nicholson
Manager: Darren Murphy
Competitions: Premiership position 12
⭐ Star Player: Ryan Waide
Generally taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Ryan Waide was born in N. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Linfield in the 2016 - 2017 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 4 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 27 appearances.