BallymenaAttacking momentumCarrick Rangers
Preview
- As week 21 of the 2025-2026 Premiership arrives, Ballymena United take on Carrick Rangers at The Showgrounds on 2025-12-20 (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
- Of the past 7 meetings, S. Baxter leads 4-1 over J. Ervin, with 2 draws.
- The current standings see Ballymena United hold 9th place with 20 points, while Carrick Rangers occupy 10th with 17 points.
- Neither Ballymena United nor Carrick Rangers are missing any players.
- Ballymena United suffered a 0-1 defeat to Portadown, while Carrick Rangers managed a 3-3 draw versus Dungannon Swifts.
- Neither side is flying – Ballymena United 1-1-3 and Carrick Rangers 0-1-4 over the last 5 matches.
- Ballymena United have clearly got the edge H2H: in 40 meetings, they've beaten Carrick Rangers 22 times, with 6 draws and only 12 losses.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (2-1-5 vs 3-1-6) and scoring roughly 1.13-1.13 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Ballymena
Carrick Rangers
Events
| 40' | 0 - 1 | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 62' | N/AJ. Thompson | ||
| 65' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 70' | |||
| 71' | B. Burns | ||
| 74' | |||
| 90+3' | D. Lafferty | ||
| 90+3' | |||
Standings
Ballymena is going head to head with Carrick Rangers on 20/12/2025 15:00 GMT at The Showgrounds for the Northern Ireland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Ballymena v Carrick Rangers H2H statistics!