📊 Form Guide

Dungannon Swifts

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Dungannon Swifts won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-3 Irish Cup loss in their previous game against Coleraine.

For Dungannon Swifts, goals were scored by Paul Doyle (55') and Andrew Mitchell (66'). Matthew Shevlin (20', 60') and Joel Cooper (46') scored for Coleraine.

Fixtures with Dungannon Swifts have proved to be absorbing ones of late with high scoring expected. Over their past six games alone, a total of 25 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 4 of these accredited to Dungannon Swifts.

Carrick Rangers

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Carrick Rangers head into the clash after a 2-3 Premiership win as they beat Glenavon in their most recent fixture.

For Carrick Rangers, the goalscorers were Adam Lecky (57'), Jimmy Callacher (73') and Danny Gibson (90'). Paddy Burns (41') and Alfie Pollock (84') scored for Glenavon.

Proving their appetite for fruitful matches, we’ve seen goals 24 times in the previous six matches in which Carrick Rangers have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 4 goals each clash. Opposing teams have got 7 of those goals. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 23/11/2024 shows us that Dungannon Swifts have won 3 of them & Carrick Rangers 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league match between the two was Premiership match day 26 on 24/01/2026 and the score finished Carrick Rangers 5-1 Dungannon Swifts.

The match was refereed by Ben McMaster.

📰 Team News: Carrick Rangers

Carrick Rangers boss Stephen Baxter has not got a full squad to pick from. Ethan Boyle (Knee surgery) and Cameron Stewart (surgery) are not ready for selection.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Dungannon Swifts could find themselves struggling to find the net against this Carrick Rangers team who should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Carrick Rangers at the end of the match.

There should be little in it.

Lucas Pereira, 07:00 06/05/2026