Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership (2025 - 2026)

Saturday, 14 March, 2026
15:00

Ballymena United

Carrick Rangers

2 - 1

(0 - 0, 2 - 1)

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Leading Bookmakers Odds

1	X	2
2.43	3.20	2.59
2.40	3.25	2.55
2.50	3.30	2.50
2.45	3.40	2.50
2.50	3.05	2.50

1X	12	X2
1.39	1.26	1.44
1.40	1.25	1.45
1.44	1.25	1.44
1.47	1.29	1.49
1.38	1.26	1.38

Draw No Bet		Dnb1	Dnb2
		1.80	1.88
		1.82	1.87
		1.78	1.76

Goals	Under	Over
1.5	3.42	1.23
1.5	3.50	1.25
1.5	3.50	1.29
1.5	3.60	1.25
1.5	3.00	1.29
2.5	1.85	1.85
2.5	1.85	1.83
2.5	1.85	1.85
2.5	1.93	1.77
2.5	1.70	1.91
3.5	1.28	3.08
3.5	1.33	3.00
3.5	1.33	3.25
3.5	1.35	2.90
3.5	1.25	3.20

BTS		Yes	No
		1.66	2.07
		1.65	2.05
		1.67	2.15
		1.65	2.10
		1.73	1.96

*** Odds are pre-match odds and they are accurate at last update 14.03.2026 12:02. They may vary at this moment.

Match and Teams Details

Home team is from Ballymena, away team is from Carrickfergus. Distance between them is 34.3 km. Match will take place on stadium Ballymena Showgrounds, which has capacity 4 100 persons and seats capacity 3 050. Pictures from Google maps stadium Ballymena Showgrounds. Match will start in 15:00 local time.

Ballymena United - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
07.03.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Portadown	2.32	3.17	2.81
28.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 2	Larne	4.52	3.47	1.61
24.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 2	Glenavon	1.72	3.45	4.25
20.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Coleraine	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.30	4.99	8.02
17.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	2 - 0	Crusaders	1.93	3.44	3.33
14.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.37	4.22	6.91
03.02.2026	Irish Cup	Ballymena United	1 - 2	Larne	4.25	3.48	1.71
31.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Linfield	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.34	4.38	7.56
28.01.2026	Irish League Cup	Linfield	1 - 0	Ballymena United	1.35	4.23	7.12
17.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Dungannon Swifts	2 - 0	Ballymena United	1.85	3.33	3.90

Overall form: 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses in last 10 played matches.
Home form: 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in last 5 home matches.

Current Info

Carrick Rangers - Last Matches

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
03.03.2026	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran	1 - 0	Carrick Rangers	1.49	3.94	5.67
28.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	Bangor FC	1.68	3.65	4.27
20.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Larne	2 - 3	Carrick Rangers	1.40	4.29	6.37
14.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	Coleraine	4.67	3.72	1.60
10.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	2 - 1	Glenavon	1.73	3.54	4.01
07.02.2026	Irish Cup	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	Coleraine	4.82	4.21	1.50
03.02.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	3 - 2	Bangor FC	1.72	3.56	4.16
31.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Portadown	0 - 3	Carrick Rangers	3.06	3.11	2.17
24.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	5 - 1	Dungannon Swifts	2.25	3.30	2.78
17.01.2026	NIFL Premiership	Cliftonville	1 - 4	Carrick Rangers	1.76	3.53	4.00

Overall form: 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in last 10 played matches.
Away form: 3 wins and 1 loss in last 4 away matches.

Current Info

Head to Head

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team	1	X	2
20.12.2025	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Carrick Rangers	2.21	3.28	2.82
04.10.2025	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	1 - 2	Ballymena United	2.27	3.26	2.76
12.04.2025	Rel. Group	Ballymena United	1 - 1	Carrick Rangers	1.82	3.43	3.73
18.01.2025	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	0 - 0	Ballymena United	2.20	3.20	2.91
30.11.2024	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	1 - 2	Carrick Rangers	1.83	3.56	3.60
17.09.2024	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	1 - 4	Ballymena United	2.21	3.41	2.76
13.04.2024	Rel. Group	Carrick Rangers	2 - 1	Ballymena United	1.68	3.81	4.16
16.03.2024	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 2	Carrick Rangers	2.95	3.32	2.21
15.12.2023	NIFL Premiership	Ballymena United	0 - 2	Carrick Rangers	3.51	3.37	1.95
09.09.2023	NIFL Premiership	Carrick Rangers	0 - 1	Ballymena United	1.99	3.39	3.33

In last 10 head to head matches home team has 3 wins, away team has 4 wins and 3 times draw. On stadium of home team Ballymena United there were 5 matches played, home team has no wins away team has 3 wins and 2 times draw.

NIFL Premiership Standing to 14.03.2026

№	Team	MP	W	D	L	GS	GC	G	Pts
1	Larne	32	21	7	4	57	22	+35	70
2	Glentoran	31	20	5	6	59	29	+30	65
3	Linfield	32	18	8	6	56	22	+34	62
4	Coleraine	31	19	4	8	60	30	+30	61
5	Cliftonville	30	13	7	10	47	42	+5	46
6	Dungannon Swifts	32	15	1	16	40	57	-17	46
7	Carrick Rangers	31	11	7	13	46	49	-3	40
8	Portadown	32	11	2	19	36	57	-21	35
9	Bangor FC	32	9	6	17	37	57	-20	33
10	Ballymena United	31	8	6	17	35	47	-12	30
11	Crusaders	31	7	4	20	38	69	-31	25
12	Glenavon	31	7	1	23	30	60	-30	22

Current Standing

Played Matches in the League

Ballymena United
Carrick Rangers
Home
Away

League Matches vs. Other Teams

№	Team	Ballymena United		Ballymena United	Carrick Rangers		Carrick Rangers
№	Team	Home	Away	Home	Home	Away	Away
1	Larne	0 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 3	2 - 3
2	Glentoran	0 - 2	2 - 1	0 - 2	0 - 7	1 - 0	1 - 0
3	Linfield	1 - 0	2 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 1	3 - 1
4	Coleraine	2 - 0	1 - 0	2 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 1	3 - 1
5	Cliftonville	2 - 2	3 - 2	2 - 2	0 - 1	1 - 4	1 - 4
6	Dungannon Swifts	1 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 2	5 - 1	0 - 2	0 - 2
7	Carrick Rangers	1 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 1	-	-	-
8	Portadown	1 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 3
9	Bangor FC	4 - 0	2 - 0	4 - 0	1 - 1	0 - 1	0 - 1
10	Ballymena United	-	-	-	1 - 2	1 - 1	1 - 1
11	Crusaders	2 - 0	1 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 2	2 - 2	2 - 2
12	Glenavon	2 - 2	3 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 0

*** Three matches in regular season, then 2 groups by 6 teams and one more match in group - total 38 matches

Standing in League

	Ballymena United	Carrick Rangers
Position	10	7
Points	30	40
	Home	Away
Position	11	5
Points	17	21

League Form

	Ballymena United	Carrick Rangers
Wins Draws Losses	8 6 17	11 7 13
	Home	Away
Wins Draws Losses	4 5 6	6 3 6

Goals in League

	Ballymena United	Carrick Rangers
Scored Conceded	35 47	46 49
	Home	Away
Scored Conceded	19 21	24 22