An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 11th place.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership Development League. That game was an away game at Larne U20, so at least Glenavon U20 are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Glenavon U20 form and stats
Glenavon U20's struggle is real here with only 3 points collected from 6 Premiership Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5.
A good away victory last time out for Glenavon U20, who won 3-1 against Larne U20 (placed 8th). Heartbreak before that as Glenavon U20 lost 1-3 at Carrick Rangers U20's place.
Glenavon U20 can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Glenavon U20 have let the opposition score 24 times, an average of more than three per game.
Institute U20 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Institute U20 so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Institute U20, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Institute U20 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Carrick Rangers U20 (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Premiership Development League game. Prior to that match, the Institute U20 manager faced defeat when travelling to Coleraine U20 and losing 0-6.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Institute U20 as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The Institute U20 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Institute U20 - Glenavon U20 5-1 entered in the official records. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's {2 Glenavon U20 victories}, 0 draws and {2 Institute U20 wins}. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Glenavon U20 missing players
Institute U20 missing players
| Glenavon U20 | Institute U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 38 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 59 | 24 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 76% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 65% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 88% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 5.9 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | 44 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 23 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- All of Glenavon U20's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Institute U20's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Glenavon U20 has the most conceded goals (59)
- Glenavon U20 has the most matches over the total-line (10)
- Glenavon U20 has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Glenavon U20 have created more than twice as many corners as Institute U20.
- Glenavon U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Glenavon U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Glenavon U20 have scored more than double the goals of Institute U20.
- Glenavon U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Institute U20 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Institute U20 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Institute U20 has the fewest points (1) away
- Institute U20 has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- 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 away matches.
- Institute U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Institute U20 have yet to win a game away.
- Institute U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 43 |
| 2 | Crusaders U20 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 35 | 43 |
| 3 | Linfield U20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 39 | 33 |
| 4 | Dungannon Swifts U20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Coleraine U20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Carrick Rangers U20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Glentoran U20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Larne U20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 29 | -34 | 18 |
| 9 | Ballymena United U20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 10 | Glenavon U20 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 35 | -21 | 15 |
| 11 | Institute U20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | -28 | 11 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town U20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | -37 | 8 |