Institute fights Ards in Premiership battle

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Institute are in the 8th position while the guests worry at 11th.

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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Institute form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Institute have to build on here. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager K. Doherty led his Institute to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Dungannon Swifts. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Previous to that game, a home match hosting Warrenpoint Town in a game that was won 2-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Newry City AFC in only three days. This game is also played here.

Institute are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 23 goals in 16 matches. Institute have conceded 30 from these games.

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Ards form and stats

There's been little loot from Ards's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 16 away games. Ards only has 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws.

Ards's last game was the home draw against Glentoran (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Newry City AFC's place.

Ards are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 10 wins, 11 draws and 26 defeats. From a total of 47 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dungannon Swifts in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ards as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 away games. Ards have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ards - Institute 0-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Institute won 6 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Ards has 2 wins.

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Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 17 35
48 25 Scored 10 28
68 31 Conceded 35 62
97% 94% Over 0.5 88% 91%
80% 76% Over 1.5 71% 74%
66% 59% Over 2.5 47% 49%
34% 35% Over 3.5 35% 31%
26% 29% Over 4.5 18% 9%
54% 59% Both teams to score 35% 43%
29% 35% Clean Sheet 18% 14%
20% 12% Failed To Score 59% 51%
 
3.6 3.6 Corners For (avg) 4.8 4.3
4.9 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.9
1.5 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.1
0 0 Red Cards (total) 2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Linfield 33 24 5 4 70 21 16 12 3 1 39 12 17 12 2 3 31 9 49 77
2 Ballymena United 33 21 5 7 74 42 16 11 3 2 38 18 17 10 2 5 36 24 32 68
3 Crusaders 33 20 4 9 65 44 16 11 2 3 33 20 17 9 2 6 32 24 21 64
4 Glenavon 33 17 9 7 60 40 17 9 4 4 32 20 16 8 5 3 28 20 20 60
5 Cliftonville 33 17 3 13 62 54 17 12 2 3 37 21 16 5 1 10 25 33 8 54
6 Coleraine 33 14 9 10 51 46 16 6 5 5 22 21 17 8 4 5 29 25 5 51
7 Glentoran 33 10 8 15 49 49 16 6 3 7 27 23 17 4 5 8 22 26 0 38
8 Institute 33 11 5 17 45 65 16 6 2 8 23 30 17 5 3 9 22 35 -20 38
9 Dungannon Swifts 33 9 9 15 37 56 17 7 4 6 20 27 16 2 5 9 17 29 -19 36
10 Warrenpoint Town 33 9 7 17 40 67 17 4 3 10 20 39 16 5 4 7 20 28 -27 34
11 Newry City 28 4 5 19 20 50 14 3 3 8 11 20 14 1 2 11 9 30 -30 17
11 Ards 33 4 7 22 27 58 17 3 4 10 17 26 16 1 3 12 10 32 -31 19
12 Newry City AFC 33 4 5 24 23 61 17 3 3 11 12 26 16 1 2 13 11 35 -38 17

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