About Match
The table reads 12th (Carrick Rangers U20, 27 pts) against 9th (Portadown U20, 39 pts), 12 points apart. Carrick Rangers U20's recent output outruns their position: 7th on form over five rounds, 12th in the table. Against a league average of 2.12 goals per team per game, Carrick Rangers U20 run at 1.67 scored and 2.94 conceded, Portadown U20 at 2.09 and 1.97. Portadown U20 would climb to 42 points with a win and up to 6th (other results held equal).
Carrick Rangers U20 enter with three losses in a row. Portadown U20 arrive off three straight defeats, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
8 meetings are on record — 4 won by Carrick Rangers U20, 2 by Portadown U20, 2 drawn, at 3.63 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings. Where history says 3.63 goals per meeting, the last five say 4.6.