Carrick Rangers vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on September 17th, 2024

A football match between Carrick Rangers and Ballymena United of the Premiership will take place in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), check the Carrick Rangers vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Carrick Rangers vs Ballymena United will occur

The game will be played in the Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena stadium, in the city of Carrickfergus.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Carrick Rangers vs Ballymena United betting tip 2024/2025

The Premiership has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.11 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.52 goals per match played.

Carrick Rangers last match

Carrick Rangers in its last official match lost (0-1) against Portadown, in a match valid for Premiership.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 4.33.

Ballymena United last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Ballymena United faced the Larne team, and the score ended in favor with a 0-1.

In this game we witnessed an incredible upset! The winning odds of 12.00 ensured the unexpected triumph of the Underdogs.

Carrick Rangers vs Ballymena United h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Premiership season. The match, played on 13-04-2024, recorded the 2-1 win for Carrick Rangers.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

The Ballymena United team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Carrick Rangers its counterpart.

Carrick Rangers

Premiership leaderboard now

Carrick Rangers arrives in this game with 3 points in 11th place in the Premiership, with a negative balance, having lost 4 games in total and won only 1, making a total of 0 draws.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 1 point over Glenavon team who holds the 10th place in the 8th round.

Carrick Rangers, though not having high aspirations, no relegation concerns, and occupying the middle of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership, will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win.

Carrick Rangers analysis

Carrick Rangers after 7 matchdays have scored 5 goals and conceded 9 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Carrick Rangers team comes to this game with a sequence of 4 losses in the Premiership that has been affecting the team's morale.

Recent performances have highlighted that Carrick Rangers is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The average ball possession of Carrick Rangers in this league is 46.5%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Ballymena United they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from Carrick Rangers

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Curtis Allen. He has already scored 2 times this season and has helped Carrick Rangers come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Ballymena United

Premiership leaderboard now

With 6 points won, Ballymena United is in 8th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 4 losses, plus 0 draws.

With the same score that the Coleraine who occupies position 7, the team will fight for a best position in this 8th round.

Ballymena United analysis

After round 7 of Premiership we count 6 goals scored by Ballymena United and 9 conceded.

Ballymena United is in that enviable position as the favorite after they had 2 wins in the Premiership.

It seems that Ballymena United is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

While the average number of shots on goal by Ballymena United is relatively low, in contrast, the shooting accuracy of the forwards is very high. In fact, the team has an average value of 2.5 per game, but has 1 goals scored per match. In other words, it scored a goal in 40% of the circumstances in which it kicked at goal.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 1 goals scored on average per match.

Ballymena United is a more offensive team than Carrick Rangers, having 460 attacks vs. 114 from Carrick Rangers, having scored 6 times, in comparison, Carrick Rangers converted into goal 5 times.

Best goalscorer from Ballymena United

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Ben Kennedy. The Midfielder has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Ballymena United avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Since Ballymena United has an average of 1 goal per game when playing away from home, the market for under 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative. This option can be very good, considering that Ballymena United does not concede goals playing outside their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 2 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.43 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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