A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Bray Wanderers fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Cabinteely's 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither Bray Wanderers nor Cabinteely 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.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 First Division games here for Bray Wanderers. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Wanderers are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
It's back home for Wanderers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Athlone Town away with the result 1-0. R. Graydon found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Galway United (0-1).
A decent goal production from Bray Wanderers in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Wanderers have only let in 3 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cabinteely form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First Division. It's a growing despair in Cabinteely as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Cabinteely might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Drogheda United proved too strong as Cabinteely slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans. Prior to that match, the Cabinteely manager P. Devlin faced defeat when travelling to UCD and losing 1-5.
Cabinteely are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Cabinteely's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wanderers - Cabinteely 3-0. Last six meetings between the teams: Wanderers won two, Cabinteely won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Shaw 8 goals |  D. Lynch 6 goals | S. McEvoy 5 goals |
Bray Wanderers missing players
Cabinteely missing players
| Bray Wanderers | Cabinteely | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 30 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 25 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | 33 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 61% |
| 28% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 11% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 | 48 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| 33 | 18 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 225% | 117% |
- All of Cabinteely's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (13) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the most clean sheets (10) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the most clean sheets (6) at home in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the most points (19) at home in First Division
- Bray Wanderers has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cabinteely have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cabinteely haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cabinteely is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Drogheda United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | UCD | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Galway United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers II | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 12 |