Carrick Rangers vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on September 07th, 2024

Carrick Rangers and Portadown will meet each other in a football match counting for Premiership on September 07th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in Northern Ireland, check the Carrick Rangers vs Portadown betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Carrick Rangers vs Portadown will occur

The game takes place in the Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena stadium, in the city of Carrickfergus.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Carrick Rangers vs Portadown 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 2.62 goals per match played.

Carrick Rangers last match

Carrick Rangers arrives from a defeat in the last match they played. The contest against Crusaders, valid for the Premiership, ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of the rivals.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 5.00 were the best proof of this.

Portadown last match

On the other hand, the visiting team appears in this match after drawing in the previous game. In a confrontation valid for Premiership, Portadown faced the Linfield team, and the score ended with a 2-2 draw.

The other team was the big favorite for this match, therefore the draw (odd 6.00) ended up being a good result.

Carrick Rangers vs Portadown h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Premiership match, on 15-04-2023, referring to the 2022/2023 season, which ended with a 3-1 win for Portadown.

Carrick Rangers

Premiership leaderboard now

The Carrick Rangers team has 3 points being in the 8th place in the Premiership competition in Northern Ireland. The overall balance is not favorable, with 3 losses, 1 win wins and 0 draws.

Which means that, with the same score, the team is ahead the Ballymena United team closing in at the 9th place in the 6th round.

With no great ambitions or relegation concerns, Carrick Rangers, mid-ranking of the league table in the Northern Ireland Premiership, will try to use the home factor to get a win.

Carrick Rangers analysis

At the end of round 5 of Premiership, Carrick Rangers collected 5 goals scored and 8 goals conceded.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 3 losses streak in the Premiership, which is not a good omen for this next match.

Carrick Rangers is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 46.5%. In the next match against Portadown a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Carrick Rangers will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Best goalscorer from Carrick Rangers

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Curtis Allen. The Attacker has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Carrick Rangers come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Portadown

Premiership leaderboard now

With 2 points won, Portadown is in 11th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 0 wins against 2 losses, plus 2 draws.

This means that in the 6th round, the Larne team is closing in at 12th place, with 1 point difference.

Portadown analysis

We have reached matchday 5 in Premiership and at the moment Portadown has made 5 goals and conceded 7.

The average shooting on goal for the Portadown team in the league is not the best. There are only 3.5 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

Best goalscorer from Portadown

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Ryan Mayse. The Midfielder has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Portadown, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Interesting Match Facts:

Despite having a lower number of shots per game, Carrick Rangers has a high conversion rate and a striker in top form, making them favorites to score the first goal in this match against Portadown, who has a tendency to concede early.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Taking into consideration that Portadown scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.15.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 2 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.6 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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