It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Dundalk host Magpies. This is a 1st Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Dundalk and Magpies 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.
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round and lost against Vitesse.The overall Premier Division statistics playing at home this season for Dundalk are 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Dundalk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Bohemians.
Before that, Dundalk had a Premier Division home game versus Shamrock Rovers which ended with a victory 2-0.The Dundalk manager O'Donnell has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. On the other hand, Dundalk have conceded 17 goals.
Magpies form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round against Crusaders.Magpies delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Lincoln Red Imps in their previous game; a Gibraltar Cup duel.
A 0-0 draw at Glacis United's stadium before that.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 10 goals | J. Martin 4 goals | D. Kelly 3 goals |
Dundalk missing players
Magpies missing players
| Dundalk | Magpies | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 25 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 39% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Cork City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -48 | 9 |
