Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Institute & Ballyclare Comrades face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Irish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game was also an away game, at Loughgall. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Institute form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Institute have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
Institute drew their last game, also a home match. Ards was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that, an away loss at Dundela in the Championship.Institute have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with 20 goals in 11 league matches. Institute have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ballyclare Comrades form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Ballyclare Comrades have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far.
Ballyclare Comrades lost away at Loughgall (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Knockbreda.Ballyclare has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. Ballyclare Comrades's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Institute wins - draws - Ballyclare Comrades wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Institute missing players
Ballyclare Comrades missing players
| Institute | Ballyclare Comrades | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.7 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 27% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Loughgall | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 33 | 52 |
| 2 | Annagh United | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 51 |
| 3 | Warrenpoint Town | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | Dundela | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Ards | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 34 |
| 6 | Ballyclare Comrades | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | H&W Welders | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -8 | 29 |
| 8 | Ballinamallard United | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 29 |
| 9 | Institute | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Dergview | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 11 | Newington Youth | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 24 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -26 | 20 |
