📊 Form Guide

Coleraine

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Coleraine are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-2 Premiership success vs Crusaders.

For Coleraine, the scorers were Jamie Glackin (17') and Jamie McGonigle (96').

It has been all too rare in recent times that Coleraine haven’t conceded. The reality is that Coleraine have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals along the way.

Heading into this contest, Coleraine have not lost a league tie with Carrick Rangers in their last 2 games.

Carrick Rangers

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Since being beaten in their last game against Linfield in Premiership competition, Carrick Rangers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only player to score from Carrick Rangers was Aidan Steele (71'). Chris McKee (11') and Matty Yates (86', 95') scored for Linfield.

The stats tell the story, and Carrick Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. At the back, Carrick Rangers have been far from perfect. Regardless, it remains to be seen if that pattern might be sustained in this next game.

Coming into this meeting, Carrick Rangers have not won against Coleraine in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 25/11/2023 tells us that Coleraine have won 3 of these & Carrick Rangers 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for The Bannsiders and 7 belonging to The Gers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league encounter between these sides was Premiership match day 9 on 27/09/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Coleraine 2-1 Carrick Rangers.

The referee was Ben McMaster.

📋 Team News: Coleraine

Connor Murray (Knock), Harry Evans (Knock) and Graham Kelly (Achilles tendon problems) will not be able to play for Coleraine gaffer Ruaidhrí Higgins.

ℹ️ Team News: Carrick Rangers

Carrick Rangers manager Stephen Baxter has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Cameron Stewart (surgery) and Ethan Boyle (Knee surgery) can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Coleraine look set to score more than once against Carrick Rangers, who won’t find it easy scoring.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 victory for Coleraine come full-time.