Premiership Development League match preview and statistics: Warrenpoint Town U20 fight Institute U20

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership Development League
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

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 12th and the visitors in 11th place.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Warrenpoint Town U20 form and stats

Warrenpoint Town U20's struggle is real here with only 1 point collected from 7 Premiership Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-6. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Warrenpoint Town U20 have lost seven games in a row. Warrenpoint Town U20 are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Larne U20 match.

The fans are hoping that Warrenpoint Town U20 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premiership Development League game against Linfield U20 (placed 3rd). Preceding that match was a defeat to Linfield U20 (1-7).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Glenavon U20 are coming to town in two days.

Warrenpoint Town U20 aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Warrenpoint Town U20 have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.

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Institute U20 form and stats

There's been little loot from Institute U20's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Premiership Development League. Institute U20 only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing five defeats in a row for Institute U20 in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Carrick Rangers U20.

The supporters enjoyed Institute U20's previous game versus Dungannon Swifts U20 (placed 4th), a Premiership Development League 3-1 win played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Glenavon U20 before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Institute U20 manager as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Carrick Rangers U20.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Institute U20 can't defend away. 27 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Institute U20 - Warrenpoint Town U20 1-3. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's {2 Warrenpoint Town U20 victories}, 0 draws and {2 Institute U20 wins}. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Warrenpoint Town U20 missing players

Institute U20 missing players

Warrenpoint Town U20 Institute U20
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 18
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 4
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
12 6 1 Lost L 2 6 12
12 5 2 Scored S 2 4 21
52 25 3 Conceded C 9 27 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 50%
31% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 28%
44% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 56%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
50% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 71% 39%
 
1 2 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
5 9 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
2 2 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Premiership Development League this season:
  • All of Institute U20's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Warrenpoint Town U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 has the the worst goal difference (-23) 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.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 has the fewest points (1) at home
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 has the the worst goal difference (-20) at home
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 has the the worst goal difference (-40)
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have created more than twice as many corners as Institute U20.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Warrenpoint Town U20 have yet to win a game at home.
  • Warrenpoint Town 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 Crusaders U20 21 16 1 4 65 26 12 9 1 2 33 9 9 7 0 2 32 17 39 49
2 Cliftonville U20 17 15 1 1 60 19 8 8 0 0 35 6 9 7 1 1 25 13 41 46
3 Linfield U20 17 12 0 5 61 23 9 6 0 3 27 11 8 6 0 2 34 12 38 36
4 Dungannon Swifts U20 16 10 1 5 36 24 7 5 1 1 22 9 9 5 0 4 14 15 12 31
5 Coleraine U20 17 7 2 8 45 42 9 3 1 5 25 23 8 4 1 3 20 19 3 23
6 Glentoran U20 16 7 1 8 39 35 7 2 1 4 15 19 9 5 0 4 24 16 4 22
7 Carrick Rangers U20 17 6 4 7 32 33 9 3 2 4 19 22 8 3 2 3 13 11 -1 22
8 Glenavon U20 19 7 0 12 45 59 8 3 0 5 20 24 11 4 0 7 25 35 -14 21
9 Larne U20 19 5 3 11 22 56 10 3 1 6 14 27 9 2 2 5 8 29 -34 18
10 Ballymena United U20 17 4 3 10 21 40 8 2 1 5 11 18 9 2 2 5 10 22 -19 15
11 Institute U20 18 4 2 12 21 50 11 4 1 6 17 23 7 0 1 6 4 27 -29 14
12 Warrenpoint Town U20 16 2 2 12 12 52 7 0 1 6 5 25 9 2 1 6 7 27 -40 8