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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Dungannon Swifts to Win
Dungannon Swifts take on guests Carrick Rangers at Stangmore Park in this Premiership tie on Saturday.
Our Dungannon Swifts v Carrick Rangers tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
Both Teams to Score Prediction
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📏 Form Guide
Dungannon Swifts
DLWLLD
Dungannon Swifts go into this fixture following a 1-1 Premiership tied result versus Coleraine.
The only scorer from Dungannon Swifts was Andrew Mitchell (76'). Matthew Shevlin (45') was the scorer for Coleraine.
Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Dungannon Swifts have played. Opposing sides scored 13 times in this period while Dungannon Swifts amassed a tally of 7.
Carrick Rangers
DWDLWL ⚖
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Linfield in Premiership action, Carrick Rangers will be hoping to turn things around here.
For Carrick Rangers, the goals were scored by Nedas Maciulaitis (6') and Curtis Allen (82'). Joel Cooper (41'), Ethan McGee (60') and Kyle McClean (78') scored for Linfield.
The numbers tell their own story, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals overall. At the back, Carrick Rangers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 10/12/2022 shows that Dungannon Swifts have won 1 of these and Carrick Rangers 5, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.
19 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 from The Swifts and 11 for The Gers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Premiership match day 29 on 17/02/2024 and the score finished Carrick Rangers 2-1 Dungannon Swifts.
The referee was Declan Hassan.
🗞️ Team News: Dungannon Swifts
Niall Owens (Knock) and Matthew Lusty (Broken collarbone) will be missing for Dungannon Swifts manager Rodney McAree.
📋 Team News: Carrick Rangers
Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness worry for the Carrick Rangers manager Stuart King to be concerned with. Reece Glendinning (Ankle surgery) misses out for this game.
🔮 Prediction
In our opinion, Carrick Rangers have it within them to put a goal past this Dungannon Swifts side, however that possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Dungannon Swifts when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
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Renata Leite, 13:19 06/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
⚽️ Team Focus:
Dungannon Swifts
Formed: 1949
Stadium: Stangmore Park (5,000)
Captain: Chris Hegarty
Chairman: Keith Boyd
Manager: Rodney McAree
Competitions: Premiership position 10
🔑 Key Player: Ben Gallagher
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Ben Gallagher was born in N. Ireland. Having played his first senior match for Dungannon Swifts in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 9 league goals in this Premiership 2023 - 2024 season to date in 25 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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33 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 80 | WWDWW |
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33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 78 | LWWWW |
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33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 70 | WLLWL |
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33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 56 | LDLWW |
| 5 |
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33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 55 | WWWDW |
| 6 |
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33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | -16 | 41 | WWDDD |
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33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 39 | LDWLW |
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33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | -22 | 38 | WDLWL |
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33 | 10 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 34 | LDWLL |
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33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 32 | LWLLD |
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33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | -43 | 19 | LLLLL |
| 12 |
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33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | -61 | 17 | LLWLL |
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Ballymena United |
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Linfield |
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Glentoran |
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Cliftonville |
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Crusaders |
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Larne |
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Glentoran |
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| Goals scored | 1.7 |
| Goals conceded | 1.9 |
| Time first goal scored | 36 |
| Time first goal conceded | 44 |
| Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 4.1 |
| Biggest victory | 5-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
| Goals scored | 1.6 |
| Goals conceded | 2.3 |
| Time first goal scored | 44 |
| Time first goal conceded | 28 |
| Yellow cards | 3 |
| Red cards | 0.3 |
| Subs used | 3.9 |
| Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 9-0 |
| Ben Gallagher | 9 |
| Matthew Lusty | 9 |
| Tomas Galvin | 7 |
| Kealan Dillon | 5 |
| Joe Moore | 4 |
| Danny Gibson | 16 |
| Curtis Allen | 9 |
| David Cushley | 7 |
| Nedas Maciulaitis | 6 |
| Kyle Cherry | 2 |
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Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
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