📊 Form Guide

Glentoran

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Glentoran will be looking for a repeat result of a 5-1 Premiership victory vs Crusaders.

For Glentoran, the scorers were Michael-John Kamson-Kamara (8'), Patrick Hoban (50', 53', 65') and Liam Burt (82'). Adam Brooks (89') was the scorer for Crusaders.

Their latest results show that there has been much resilience in the Glentoran backline. Glentoran have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six games standing at 4. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall be maintained in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Glentoran:

• haven't lost in the league to Carrick Rangers in their last 5 matches.
• have not won against Carrick Rangers in their previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Carrick Rangers

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Previously, Carrick Rangers drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Bangor.

The only name on the scoresheet from Carrick Rangers was Paul Heatley (12'). Harry Lynch (30') was the scorer for Bangor.

The numbers tell their own story, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals overall. At the back, Carrick Rangers just haven’t been too solid at all.

Looking at their past form shows that Carrick Rangers:

• haven't won against Glentoran when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• remain unbeaten by Glentoran in games played away from home for the previous 4 league matches. An impressive run.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 10/02/2024 shows us that Glentoran have won 2 of these & Carrick Rangers 0, with the number of drawn games being 4.

An aggregate of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 14 of them from The Glens and 6 netted by The Gers. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league meeting between these sides was Premiership match day 24 on 03/01/2026 when the final score was Carrick Rangers 0-7 Glentoran.

The referee was Shane McGonigle.

ℹ️ Team News: Carrick Rangers

Carrick Rangers boss Stephen Baxter has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ethan Boyle (Knee surgery) and Cameron Stewart (surgery) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Glentoran should really score more than once when they play Carrick Rangers, who won’t find it easy to break down their defence.

We’re tipping a 2-0 winning margin for Glentoran at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 19:05 03/03/2026