Institute vs Ballymena United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Northern Ireland Premiership
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (1570 seats)

Season ticket holders at Riverside Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Institute languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Ballymena United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Institute form and stats

Zero (!) Premiership points is the sad result after 4 matches here at Riverside Stadium. Can it change today? It's been an uphill battle for Institute in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Dungannon Swifts game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Institute are returning here after visiting Warrenpoint Town in a Premiership game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cliftonville (0-1).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Irish League Cup game versus H&W Welders in only three days. This game is also played here at Riverside Stadium.

Institute have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Institute have let the opposition score 15 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Ballymena United form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ballymena United in their Premiership matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Ballymena United's previous game versus Cliftonville (placed 3rd), a Premiership 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Glenavon's place.

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

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ballymena United are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Ballymena United have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Institute-Ballymena United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Institute 0 wins, Ballymena United 8 wins, 2 draws. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. McCready
5 goals
C. Friel
5 goals
A. McGrory
3 goals

Institute missing players

Ballymena United missing players

Institute Ballymena United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 4 2 Lost L 1 1 2
7 3 3 Scored S 2 8 16
24 15 7 Conceded C 3 7 11
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 88%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 75%
67% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 75% 50%
33% 75% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
44% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 75%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
56% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.6 3.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.5 2.6
3.8 3.8 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 5.2 6.3
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.6
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • All of Institute's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ballymena United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Ballymena United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ballymena United have scored more than double the goals of Institute.
  • Ballymena United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Institute have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Institute have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Institute have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Institute have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Institute have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Institute haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Institute
All Irish League Cup Premiership Championship Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-09-19 PR Glentoran 4 - 0 Institute
07-09-19 PR Institute 0 - 6 Crusaders
14-09-19 PR Institute 1 - 4 Larne
21-09-19 PR Cliftonville 1 - 0 Institute
28-09-19 PR Warrenpoint Town 1 - 3 Institute
05-10-19 PR Institute 14:00 Ballymena United
08-10-19 ILC Institute 18:45 H&W Welders
12-10-19 PR Glenavon 14:00 Institute
19-10-19 PR Institute 14:00 Cliftonville
26-10-19 PR Larne 14:00 Institute
Ballymena United
All Irish League Cup Premiership Europa League Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 PR Ballymena United 4 - 0 Warrenpoint Town
14-09-19 PR Ballymena United 1 - 1 Coleraine
18-09-19 CC Ballymena United 0 - 1 Rangers U21
21-09-19 PR Glenavon 3 - 1 Ballymena United
28-09-19 PR Ballymena United 2 - 1 Cliftonville
05-10-19 PR Institute 14:00 Ballymena United
08-10-19 ILC Ballymena United 18:45 Dollingstown
12-10-19 PR Ballymena United 14:00 Crusaders
19-10-19 PR Linfield 14:00 Ballymena United
25-10-19 PR Glentoran 18:45 Ballymena United

  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 9 7 1 1 30 10 6 5 1 0 20 6 3 2 0 1 10 4 20 22
2 Coleraine 9 4 5 0 21 8 5 2 3 0 10 3 4 2 2 0 11 5 13 17
3 Cliftonville 9 5 1 3 16 8 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 3 1 1 12 4 8 16
4 Linfield 6 5 0 1 17 5 4 3 0 1 13 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 12 15
5 Ballymena United 8 4 2 2 16 11 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 8 7 5 14
6 Glentoran 9 4 2 3 16 15 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 6 11 1 14
7 Dungannon Swifts 9 4 2 3 12 19 5 3 1 1 9 9 4 1 1 2 3 10 -7 14
8 Larne 8 3 3 2 17 10 3 1 1 1 8 4 5 2 2 1 9 6 7 12
9 Glenavon 8 2 1 5 10 21 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 0 0 4 4 15 -11 7
10 Carrick Rangers 8 2 0 6 7 12 4 0 0 4 1 7 4 2 0 2 6 5 -5 6
11 Institute 9 1 1 7 7 24 4 0 0 4 3 15 5 1 1 3 4 9 -17 4
12 Warrenpoint Town 8 0 0 8 3 29 3 0 0 3 2 11 5 0 0 5 1 18 -26 0

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