Carrick Rangers have gone over 2.5 goals in 7 of 12 league games this season (58%) — 67% at home, 50% away. They've scored 21 and conceded 19, so their matches average 3.33 goals, and both teams have scored in 50% of them. Record: 5-2-5 in the NIFL Premiership, where the division average is 53% over 2.5.
Full Carrick Rangers season view in the app →They are one of the division's more open sides: 58% of their games beat 2.5 goals, 5 points above the NIFL Premiership average of 53%. That ranks them 3rd of 12 for goals in their matches, 3rd for scoring (1.75 a game) and 4th for goals conceded (1.58). They've kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in 12 games.
Across 12 matches with half-time data, 48% of the goals in their games have come after the break (21 before, 19 after). Carrick Rangers themselves have scored 11 in first halves and 10 in second.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 58% | 50% | 50% |
| Home | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| Away | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 4–0 (2 times). Biggest win: 4–0 at home to Crusaders FC (Sat 3 Oct). Heaviest defeat: 2–5 at home to Larne. 2 of their 12 games have produced five goals or more. Current run: 3 straight matches over 2.5 goals.
Streaks read louder than they predict: our break study found a three-game goals run carries roughly ±4.6 points of signal — real, but small, and it resets entirely after a long lay-off.
In 39 league games last season Carrick Rangers's matches went over 2.5 goals 62% of the time. This season is tracking it closely at 58% — consistent goal patterns across two campaigns.
Fixture links open our full rating for that match — form, head-to-head, goal timing and the score projection. How those are built is set out in the methodology.