📊 Form Guide

Dungannon Swifts

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Dungannon Swifts will be hoping for a better result after the 2-3 Irish Cup loss in their previous game against Coleraine.

For Dungannon Swifts, the goals were scored by Paul Doyle (55') and Andrew Mitchell (66'). Matthew Shevlin (20', 60') and Joel Cooper (46') scored for Coleraine.

Fixtures with Dungannon Swifts have proved to be absorbing ones of late with high scoring expected. Over their past six games alone, a total of 25 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 4 of these accredited to Dungannon Swifts.

Carrick Rangers

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Carrick Rangers head into the match following on from a 2-3 Premiership win to defeat Glenavon in their last match.

For Carrick Rangers, goals were scored by Adam Lecky (57'), Jimmy Callacher (73') and Danny Gibson (90'). Paddy Burns (41') and Alfie Pollock (84') scored for Glenavon.

Proving their appetite for fruitful matches, we’ve seen goals 24 times in the previous six matches in which Carrick Rangers have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 4 goals each clash. Opposing teams have got 7 of those goals. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 23/11/2024 tells us that Dungannon Swifts have won 3 of these games & Carrick Rangers 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league contest between the two was Premiership match day 26 on 24/01/2026 and the score finished Carrick Rangers 5-1 Dungannon Swifts.

The match was refereed by Ben McMaster.

ℹ️ Team News: Carrick Rangers

Carrick Rangers boss Stephen Baxter has a number of players out of action. Ethan Boyle (Knee surgery) and Cameron Stewart (surgery) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Dungannon Swifts could find themselves struggling to find the net against this Carrick Rangers team who should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Carrick Rangers at the end of the match.

There should be little in it.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 06/05/2026