This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership Development League, Ballymena United U20 holding 11th place and Institute U20 lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Ballymena United U20 have less rest than Institute U20 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership Development League game only three days ago.
Ballymena United U20 form and stats
Overall Premiership Development League stats at home this season for Ballymena United U20 are 0-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ballymena United U20, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Ballymena United U20 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Premiership Development League game against Cliftonville U20 (placed 1st). Ahead of that match, Ballymena United U20 lost 1-4 at home to Glenavon U20.
The Ballymena United U20 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for conceded goals, Ballymena United U20's unpleasant statistic is 11 goals surrendered.
Institute U20 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premiership Development League for Institute U20, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premiership Development League, with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. With the Institute U20 losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership Development League match played at their home ground. Institute U20 suffered a 1-3 loss to Warrenpoint Town U20 (placed 9th). A loss against Cliftonville U20 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Institute U20 as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Institute U20 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches. There are big problems for the Institute U20 defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 0 - 3 (Ballymena United U20 wins - draws - Institute U20 wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Ballymena United U20 missing players
Institute U20 missing players
| Ballymena United U20 | Institute U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Ballymena United U20's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Institute U20's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ballymena United U20 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Ballymena United U20 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ballymena United U20 have created more than twice as many corners as Institute U20.
- Ballymena United U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ballymena United U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ballymena United U20 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ballymena United U20 have scored more than double the goals of Institute U20.
- Ballymena United U20 have yet to win a game at home.
- Ballymena United U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Institute U20 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Institute U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Institute U20 have yet to win a game.
- Institute U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 04-09-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 2 - 4 | Carrick Rangers U20 |
| 07-09-19 | | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 1 - 1 | Ballymena United U20 |
| 18-09-19 | | Coleraine U20 | 2 - 4 | Ballymena United U20 |
| 25-09-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 1 - 4 | Glenavon U20 |
| 02-10-19 | | Cliftonville U20 | 3 - 2 | Ballymena United U20 |
| 05-10-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 13:00 | Institute U20 |
| 16-10-19 | | Crusaders U20 | 18:45 | Ballymena United U20 |
| 23-10-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 18:45 | Linfield U20 |
| 30-10-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 19:45 | Glentoran U20 |
| 06-11-19 | | Larne U20 | 19:45 | Ballymena United U20 |
| 24-08-19 | | Institute U20 | 1 - 2 | Coleraine U20 |
| 31-08-19 | | Institute U20 | 0 - 5 | Glentoran U20 |
| 07-09-19 | | Crusaders U20 | 3 - 0 | Institute U20 |
| 21-09-19 | | Institute U20 | 0 - 2 | Cliftonville U20 |
| 28-09-19 | | Institute U20 | 1 - 3 | Warrenpoint Town U20 |
| 05-10-19 | | Ballymena United U20 | 13:00 | Institute U20 |
| 12-10-19 | | Institute U20 | 13:00 | Glenavon U20 |
| 19-10-19 | | Cliftonville U20 | 13:00 | Institute U20 |
| 26-10-19 | | Institute U20 | 13:00 | Larne U20 |
| 02-11-19 | | Institute U20 | 14:00 | Crusaders U20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cliftonville U20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 22 |
| 3 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Linfield U20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 18 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Glentoran U20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Glenavon U20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 8 | Coleraine U20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 9 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | Larne U20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -14 | 7 |
| 11 | Ballymena United U20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 5 |
| 12 | Institute U20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -18 | 1 |