The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Linfield leading Institute by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Linfield nor Institute as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Linfield form and stats
8-1-1 is the performance here at Windsor Park so far in the Premiership, giving Linfield a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!
Linfield drew their last game, 1-1 away at Coleraine (placed 3rd). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Glentoran.
Goals are plentiful at Windsor Park in the league this season as Linfield has scored 27 goals here in 10 home games. From these home matches, Linfield have conceded only 7 goals.
Institute form and stats
Institute have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-5-5 (11 played).
Institute are looking to quickly end their 239 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Institute failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Carrick Rangers (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Warrenpoint Town.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Institute as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Institute have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Institute - Linfield 0-3 entered in the official records. Linfield-Institute H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Linfield 8 wins, Institute 0 wins, 2 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Cooper 9 goals |  S. Lavery 8 goals |   J. McCready 7 goals |
Linfield missing players
Institute missing players
| Linfield | Institute | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 43 | 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 96% |
| 67% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 82% | 87% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 57% |
| 24% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 39% |
| 19% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 52% |
| 48% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 43% |
| 7.2 | 8.1 | 14.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 168 | 103 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 55 | 138 |
| 63 | 40 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 19 | 54 |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 28% |
- Institute has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- 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 less corners away then at home.
- Linfield has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Linfield has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
- Linfield has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Linfield has the the best goal difference (+20) at home
- Linfield have created more than twice as many corners as Institute.
- Linfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Linfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Linfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Linfield have scored more than double the goals of Institute.
- Linfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Cliftonville | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Linfield | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 44 |
| 4 | Glentoran | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 43 |
| 6 | Larne | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 32 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -15 | 27 |
| 8 | Ballymena United | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Carrick Rangers | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 39 | -39 | 18 |
| 11 | Institute | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -33 | 13 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 37 | -49 | 13 |