Season ticket holders at Riverside Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Institute languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Larne will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Institute form and stats
Institute's struggle is real here at Riverside Stadium with only 5 points collected from 13 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-10. The home stadium (Riverside Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Institute it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Stress levels are on the rise for Institute's attacking players as they have now played 211 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Pomeroy was their last goal scorer.
Institute lost their last game at Dungannon Swifts (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Dungannon Swifts.
Institute have scored 8 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Institute having conceded 33 goals here at Riverside Stadium so far.
Larne form and stats
Playing away, Larne have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season.
The supporters enjoyed Larne's previous game versus Linfield (placed 3rd), a Premiership 3-1 win played at home. Before that, Larne secured a home win against Glentoran with the score 2-1.
Larne has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Larne have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Larne - Institute 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Institute won four, Larne won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McDaid 12 goals |  J. McMurray 11 goals |   J. McCready 8 goals |
Institute missing players
Larne missing players
| Institute | Larne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 51 |
| 60 | 33 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 74% |
| 56% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 63% |
| 37% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| 15% | 31% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 48% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 52% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 37% |
| 48% | 54% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 2.5 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | 89 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 113 | 251 |
| 60 | 36 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 67 | 141 |
| 28% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | 35% |
- 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 (-25) 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 (0-1-5)
- Larne have scored more than double the goals of Institute.
| 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 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Crusaders | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 40 | 55 |
| 3 | Linfield | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 36 | 54 |
| 4 | Coleraine | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 32 | 53 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 50 |
| 6 | Larne | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 48 | -24 | 31 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -47 | 22 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 27 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 40 | -57 | 16 |
| 12 | Institute | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -40 | 14 |