Match Report
In the standings it was Institute 1st on 13 points, Ards 2nd on 9 — separated by 4. Ards had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Institute were scoring 2.4 and conceding 0.6, Ards 1.2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Institute 4, draws 5, Ards 2, at 3.18 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 9% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 64% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 64%.
Riverside Stadium, capacity 500, hosted the game. Institute led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Institute: Lynch (6'), Doherty (75'), Quigley (78') · Ards: Kelly (85')