Carrick Rangers host Limavady United in the Northern Ireland Premiership. Both sides sit in the bottom half of the table right now, and neither has been especially convincing over their last few outings.
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Mixed form on both sides
Carrick Rangers have had a bumpy few weeks in the league. They beat Bangor 4-0 away and edged past Portadown at home, but they've also lost at home to Larne, Cliftonville and Coleraine, and drawn away at Ballymena. That's three wins and four defeats from their last eight Premiership matches.
Carrick Rangers: 20 completed matches; Limavady United: 20 completed matches.
Carrick Rangers
- Win
- 50% 10 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 44
- Conceded
- 32
- Difference
- +12
Limavady United
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +1
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Glentoran | Carrick Rangers | 26.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| Premiership | Carrick Rangers | Larne | 19.09.2026 | 2-5 |
| Premiership | Ballymena United | Carrick Rangers | 15.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Carrick Rangers | Cliftonville FC | 12.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Premiership | Linfield | Carrick Rangers | 05.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Bangor | Carrick Rangers | 29.08.2026 | 0-4 |
| Premiership | Carrick Rangers | Coleraine FC | 22.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Carrick Rangers | Portadown | 08.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Ballyclare Comrades | Carrick Rangers | 01.08.2026 | 1-8 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Limavady United | Cliftonville FC | 26.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Coleraine FC | Limavady United | 19.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Bangor | 15.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Premiership | Crusaders FC | Limavady United | 12.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Dungannon Swifts | 05.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Linfield | 29.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Glentoran | Limavady United | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Strabane Athletic | 01.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Linfield | 24.07.2026 | 0-1 |
Limavady United's league form reads worse on paper. They've won just twice in their last seven top-flight games, beating Crusaders away and Bangor at home, but losing the other five, including their most recent outing against Coleraine.
Carrick have the better recent record, but their form has dipped just as often as it's improved lately.
Comparative Team Statistics: Carrick Rangers vs Limavady United
Recent meetings favour Carrick
These two played each other only last month, with Carrick Rangers winning 2-1 at Limavady's ground. That result lines up with the pattern from their other recent meeting, a friendly a few seasons back that Carrick also won away from home.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 16.07.2022 | 0-1 |
| Championship | Carrick Rangers | Limavady United | 26.12.2018 | 3-1 |
| Championship | Limavady United | Carrick Rangers | 31.08.2018 | 2-1 |
Further back, in 2018, the fixture went the other way twice across a Championship season, so history isn't entirely one-sided. But the two most recent results both point to Carrick's advantage.
Carrick sit above, but not by much
Carrick Rangers are eighth with 10 points from eight games, while Limavady United are tenth with six points from seven. Carrick have the better goal difference too, having scored 11 and conceded 13 compared to Limavady's 6 for and 11 against.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Cliftonville FC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12/11 | 12 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11/15 | 10 |
| 9 | Ballymena United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12/11 | 9 |
| 10 | Limavady United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7/11 | 9 |
| 11 | Bangor | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8/19 | 5 |
It's a small gap in games played and points, so neither side has pulled clear in what looks like a tightly packed lower half.
One name to watch
Carrick Rangers have C. Stewart listed as missing a fixture following an operation. With the match still a month away from the data we have, it's not clear whether that absence will still apply come kickoff.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Heatley | Northern Ireland | 39 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Mitchell | Northern Ireland | 34 | Midfielder | 180 cm | n/a |
| K. Cherry | Northern Ireland | 33 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| E. McGuckin | Northern Ireland | 35 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| C. Allen | Northern Ireland | 38 | Attacker | 180 cm | n/a |
| N. Maciulaitis | Lithuania | 27 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| R. Kalla | Northern Ireland | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| D. Purkis | Northern Ireland | 31 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. Mackinnon | Northern Ireland | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Andrews | Northern Ireland | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| W. Arnold | Australia | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Graham | Northern Ireland | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Withers | Northern Ireland | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| P. O'Prey | Northern Ireland | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| C. Mills | Northern Ireland | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Sobecki | Poland | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| O. Robinson | Northern Ireland | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Given | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Kelly | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| G. Trimble | Northern Ireland | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Doherty | Northern Ireland | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| D. Brown | Northern Ireland | 28 | Midfielder | 180 cm | n/a |
| J. McCready | Northern Ireland | 36 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Moffatt | Northern Ireland | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. McKendry | Northern Ireland | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| P. Owens | Northern Ireland | 43 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| A. Whiteside | Northern Ireland | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Doherty | Northern Ireland | 30 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Pomeroy | Northern Ireland | 29 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. McCrudden | Northern Ireland | 35 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. Tosh | Northern Ireland | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Tennant | Northern Ireland | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. O'Kane | Northern Ireland | 34 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| I. Parkhill | Northern Ireland | 36 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| E. Devlin | Northern Ireland | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. McCloskey | Northern Ireland | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Lowry | Northern Ireland | 39 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Butcher | Northern Ireland | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Boorman | Northern Ireland | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Jake Wallace | Northern Ireland | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
There's a reasonable case for Carrick Rangers given their recent head-to-head record and their spot just above Limavady in the table. But their own form has been too inconsistent to lean on with confidence, and Limavady have shown they can win on their travels too.
Without a market to weigh against these findings, we're not making a selection here. The pieces point gently towards Carrick, but not firmly enough to call it either way.
Who will win?
