Newry City will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-2 Premiership loss in their previous game against Dungannon Swifts.
Newry City have really been misfiring in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ 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 go into this clash after a 2-1 Premiership win against Ballymena United in their last game.
The only scorer from Carrick Rangers was Ben Tilney (66\').
The stats don’t 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.
Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 12/11/2022 shows that Newry City have won 4 of these & Carrick Rangers 2, with the number of drawn matches being 0.
A sum of 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 of them from City and 4 netted by The Gers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
The previous league clash featuring the two was Premiership match day 31 on 09/03/2024 when it finished Carrick Rangers 0-1 Newry City.
The match was refereed by Ian McNabb.
Team News: Newry City
The Newry City boss Barry Gray has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of before this match owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from. Barney McKeown cannot play in this game through suspension.
Team News: Carrick Rangers
Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness worry for the Carrick Rangers boss Stuart King to be concerned about. Reece Glendinning (Ankle surgery) misses out for this game.
Prediction
We envisage that Newry City are certainly able to put a goal past this Carrick Rangers team, although just one goal possibly won’t 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.
