About Match
Portadown go into the game 12th in the table on 1 points; Carrick Rangers sit 8th on 10 — a 9-point gap. Per game in the league, Portadown score 0.63 and conceding 2.13, Carrick Rangers 1.38 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game. If Carrick Rangers win, their total rises to 13 and up to 4th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Portadown have gone 8 games without a win.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 4 Portadown wins, 7 for Carrick Rangers, 3 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Where history says 3 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
Shamrock Park in Portadown stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,804.