Struggling Institute will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Linfield in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Institute and Linfield 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
With 0 Premiership wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Institute, who have the fewest points (2) at home in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Institute are slowly digging their own grave here at Riverside Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Dungannon Swifts match. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Institute.
Institute drew their last game, also a home match. Glentoran (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Institute played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Crusaders.
Institute have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Institute having conceded 20 goals here at Riverside Stadium so far.
Linfield form and stats
Playing away, Linfield, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premiership, have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Linfield are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premiership against Carrick Rangers (placed 8th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cliftonville in the Irish League Cup.
Linfield are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Linfield as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Linfield - Institute 3-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Institute victories, 2 draws and 8 Linfield wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cooper 8 goals |  S. Lavery 7 goals |   J. McCready 6 goals |
Institute missing players
Linfield missing players
| Institute | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 31 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 67% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 58% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 42% |
| 21% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 6.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- All of Institute's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Institute have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Institute have yet to win a game at home.
- Institute haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Linfield have created more than twice as many corners as Institute.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Institute.
- Linfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Linfield have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Linfield 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 | Coleraine | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Cliftonville | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
| 4 | Linfield | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 27 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Larne | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 14 |
| 10 | Glenavon | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -20 | 11 |
| 11 | Institute | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -20 | 8 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 33 | -46 | 3 |