Struggling Institute will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Glentoran in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Institute and Glentoran should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Institute form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Institute have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Riverside Stadium. Three consecutive losses here at Riverside Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The home team returns to Riverside Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Glenavon (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 2-2. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Linfield.
Opportunity lost for Institute in the Glenavon match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Institute have scored 8 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Institute have allowed the opposition to score 31 goals here at Riverside Stadium.
Glentoran form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Glentoran as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Crusaders game have they lost an away game, meaning Glentoran has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Glentoran are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premiership against Warrenpoint Town (placed 12th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Dungannon Swifts.
Glentoran has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Glentoran have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Institute - Glentoran 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Institute 0 wins, 3 draws and Glentoran 7 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McDaid 14 goals |  H. Plum 11 goals |   J. McCready 8 goals |
Institute missing players
Glentoran missing players
| Institute | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 51 |
| 56 | 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 60% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 42% |
| 16% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 52% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 58% | 62% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 29% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 148 | 83 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 148 | 333 |
| 59 | 35 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 68 | 143 |
| 29% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 33% |
- Glentoran has the most points from losing position (20)
- Glentoran have created more than twice as many corners as Institute.
- Glentoran have scored more than double the goals of Institute.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Glentoran is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Institute has the fewest points (5) at home
- Institute has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Institute has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Institute has the the worst goal difference (-23) at home
- Institute have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Institute have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Institute have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Institute haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Institute is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 35 | 49 |
| 4 | Linfield | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 47 |
| 5 | Coleraine | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 47 |
| 6 | Larne | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 38 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -16 | 28 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -49 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -36 | 14 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 39 | -54 | 13 |