Longford Town have journeyed here for an absorbing fight against the home side Bray Wanderers. Prepare for the game with this full First Division preview!
This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Bray Wanderers form and stats
Bray Wanderers have only played one First Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 16 matches.
Bray Wanderers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Finn Harps that ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Wanderers won a home game hosting Kerry (3-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bray Wanderers handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bray Wanderers as they have a new game in only three days, a Leinster Senior Cup match thankfully also at home. Shamrock Rovers are visiting.
Bray Wanderers has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Longford Town form and stats
One match played away so far in the First Division for Longford Town and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from 16 games.
Longford's last game was the home draw against Cobh Ramblers (0-0).
Before that, Longford Town travelled to Waterford United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Longford Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Longford Town has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bray Wanderers six wins, one draw and Longford Town three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Feeney 1 goals | H. Groome 1 goals |
Bray Wanderers missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Bray Wanderers | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 12 | 6.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 45% | 60% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 22% |
| 9 | 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Bray Wanderers | Last season | Longford Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 30 | 51 | ||
| 62 | 39 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 81% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 62% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 36% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Treaty United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Kerry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 36 | 64 |
| 3 | Galway United | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 44 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -31 | 24 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -41 | 17 |
