Linfield vs Carrick Rangers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premiership match on September 21st, 2024

Linfield and Carrick Rangers will meet each other on September 21st, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in a game counting for the Premiership in Northern Ireland, check the Linfield vs Carrick Rangers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Linfield vs Carrick Rangers will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Windsor Park stadium, in the city of Belfast, with a capacity for 24734 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Linfield vs Carrick Rangers 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 2.51 goals per match played.

Linfield last match

In the last match played, Linfield met Cliftonville, in a match valid for the Premiership. The match ended in a draw by 0-0.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.25 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Carrick Rangers last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premiership, Carrick Rangers faced the Ballymena United team, and the score ended with a 1-4 for their rivals.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.80.

Linfield vs Carrick Rangers h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 02-04-2024. The match was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Premiership, and it ended with a 2-3 win for Linfield.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Linfield team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Carrick Rangers team, which has no wins recently.

Linfield

Premiership leaderboard now

The Linfield team with 14 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Which means that Cliftonville team, at position 2, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 9th round.

Linfield analysis

After 8 rounds, Linfield has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 15 goals for and 5 conceded.

Linfield is not among the teams that kick more often towards the target, with only 4.43 shots on goal per match on average. But it must be said that when it does attack, it does so accurately. Right now it averages 2.14 accomplishments per game, meaning that it has scored a goal on 40 percent of the occasions it has gotten to the shot.

While Carrick Rangers has only managed to convert 7 of their 214 attacks into goals, Linfield has been much more successful with 553 attacks and 15 goals.

Best goalscorer from Linfield

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Joel Cooper has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Linfield with 4 goals this season, the Midfielder has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Carrick Rangers

Premiership leaderboard now

With 3 points won, Carrick Rangers is in 12th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 6 losses, plus 0 draws.

In the 9th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 2 points as opposed to Loughgall which is just above, in the 11th place.

Carrick Rangers analysis

We have reached matchday 8 in Premiership and at the moment Carrick Rangers has made 7 goals and conceded 16.

With an average of 1 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Carrick Rangers

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Paul Heatley is the player to highlight. Helping Carrick Rangers with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Carrick Rangers scores an average of 0.67 goals 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 2.63.

Handicap Betting Tip

With all the favoritism on their side, Linfield comes into this confrontation with great chances to get a comfortable victory. The home advantage, for example, is an indication of that. Therefore, an interesting bet is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 for the visited team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 2.86 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 2.5 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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