National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's UCD or Longford Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
This could be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
UCD form and stats
Action has already taken place for UCD in FAI Cup as they have defeated Shelbourne to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.UCD have collected 16 points from their First Division home games so far after 4-4-2.
The UCD goalkeeper Lorcan Healy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 312 minutes without conceding a goal in the First Division.
UCD are returning here after visiting Cobh Ramblers in a First Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, UCD had a First Division home game versus Athlone Town which ended with a victory 6-0.A decent goal production from UCD in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Longford Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bangor GGFC in order to reach 2nd round of FAI Cup. Longford Town's mission in FAI Cup last season failed in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Longford Town so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-7 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Longford Town, who have now gone 24 games without a victory. The Derry City game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Longford Town are travelling again after losing away to Waterford United in their previous match (1-4).
A loss against Finn Harps was the result prior to that, in a Premier Division home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Longford as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. Longford have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): UCD three wins, four draws and Longford Town three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Whelan 15 goals |  L. Kerrigan 6 goals | D. Keane 4 goals |
UCD missing players
Longford Town missing players
| UCD | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 48% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 55% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 43 |
| 2 | Galway United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | UCD | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 7 | Cork City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Cabinteely | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -25 | 9 |
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 50 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Derry City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 25 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -20 | 28 |
| 9 | Dundalk | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 25 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -29 | 11 |