Bangor fell to a comprehensive 4-0 defeat by Carrick Rangers in the Premiership Regular Season on Saturday. The visitors took all three points in a match where they dominated from the opening whistle. Bangor remain winless at the bottom of the table after three rounds.
Carrick Rangers opened the scoring early through M. Snoddy in the seventh minute. The home side responded with a yellow card for A. Steele in the eighteenth, and then two more bookings just before half-time — J. Forsythe and L. Harrison in stoppage time. Harrison was replaced by T. Mulvenna at the start of the second half.
The visitors extended their lead in the second half. D. Gibson scored in the seventieth minute, and P. Heatley added another three minutes later. Snoddy was substituted in the sixty-seventh, and Steele followed in the seventy-first. By then the result was beyond doubt.
Carrick Rangers made the difference with a late fourth goal. J. Crowe found the net in the eighty-seventh minute. The home side made three changes in the eighty-fourth — B. Burns, D. Gibson and P. Heatley all came off. The clean-sheet run extended for the visitors.
And here's the thing about the statistics. Carrick Rangers had 53 per cent possession and registered six shots on target compared to Bangor's one. The visitors had ten shots off target while the hosts managed two. Both sides had no red cards.
The result leaves Bangor in twelfth place with zero points from three games. Carrick Rangers sit second with nine points from four matches. They have one defeat already, but this performance suggests they are building momentum.
