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Newry City play host to visiting club Carrick Rangers at The Showgrounds in this Premiership match on Tuesday.
View all Newry City v Carrick Rangers tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
๐ Form Guide
Newry City
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Newry City will be hoping for a better result after a 0-2 Premiership loss in their previous game against Dungannon Swifts.
Joe Moore (22') and Rhyss Campbell (91') scored for Dungannon Swifts.
Newry City have really been misfiring in recent times. Their โgoals forโ figure equals just 3 against opponents over the course of their last six outings. In those meetings, Newry City have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 14. We will find out whether or not that trend will be sustained here.
Analysis of their past results shows that Newry City:
- have not beaten Carrick Rangers when playing them at home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- have not won at home in their last 27 matches in the league. It's just so sad.
Carrick Rangers
DLWLLW
Carrick Rangers come into this clash following on from a 2-1 Premiership win with the eclipse of Ballymena United in their most recent match.
For Carrick Rangers, goals were scored by Ben Tilney (66') and Danny Gibson (77'). Noah Stewart (94') was the scorer for Ballymena United.
The stats donโt lie, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. In defence, Carrick Rangers have not been doing too well.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 12/11/2022 shows us that Newry City have won 4 of these games and Carrick Rangers 2, with the number of drawn results being 0.
A combined sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 for City and 4 netted by The Gers. Thatโs an average goals per game of 2.17.
The previous league meeting between these sides was Premiership match day 31 on 09/03/2024 when the final score was Carrick Rangers 0-1 Newry City.
The referee was Ian McNabb.
๐ Team News: Newry City
The Newry City boss Barry Gray will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection. Barney McKeown will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
๐ Team News: Carrick Rangers
In an otherwise available group, thereโs just the one fitness worry for the Carrick Rangers boss Stuart King to be concerned about. Reece Glendinning (Ankle surgery) wonโt be playing here.
๐ญ Prediction
We envisage that Newry City are certainly able to put a goal past this Carrick Rangers team, although just one goal possibly wonโt be enough.
We are therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Carrick Rangers when all is said and done. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 18:04 16/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Newry City
Formed: 2013
Stadium: The Showgrounds (2,809)
Captain: Darren King
Chairman: Martin McLoughlin
Manager: Barry Gray
Competitions: Premiership position 12
โญ Key Player: Adam Carroll
Customarily playing in the Striker position, Adam Carroll was born in Bessbrook, N. Ireland. After making a first senior appearance for Newry City in the 2023 - 2024 season, the skilful Forward has bagged 2 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 29 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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35 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 83 | DWWLW |
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35 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 82 | WWWDW |
3 |
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35 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 71 | LWLDL |
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35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 58 | WDWWL |
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35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 57 | LWWDL |
6 |
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35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | -15 | 45 | DDDDW |
7 |
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35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 42 | WLWLW |
8 |
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35 | 12 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 41 | LWLLW |
9 |
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35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 38 | LLDWW |
10 |
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35 | 11 | 4 | 20 | -21 | 37 | WLLWL |
11 |
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35 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -43 | 22 | LLLWL |
12 |
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35 | 4 | 5 | 26 | -64 | 17 | WLLLL |
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Carrick Rangers |
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Dungannon Swifts |
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Crusaders |
Linfield |
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Ballymena United |
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Linfield |
Ballymena United |
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Crusaders |
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Coleraine |
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Ballymena United |
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Cliftonville |
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Glenavon |
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Ballymena United |
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Loughgall |
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Glentoran |
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Coleraine |
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Goals scored | 0.4 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 27 |
Yellow cards | 2.9 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 9-0 |
Adam Salley | 10 |
Ciarรกn O'Connor | 3 |
Adam Carroll | 2 |
Lorcan Forde | 2 |
Lee Newell | 2 |
Danny Gibson | 16 |
Curtis Allen | 9 |
David Cushley | 7 |
Nedas Maciulaitis | 6 |
Kyle Cherry | 2 |
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Loughgall |
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Loughgall |
Glenavon |
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