Bray Wanderers greet Wexford Youths as odds-on favourites: Check out our match preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 14.Jul
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Carlisle Grounds (3250 seats)

A total of 22 rounds of fixtures are played and Bray Wanderers are 5 points in front of Wexford Youths. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bray Wanderers form and stats

When playing at home in the First Division, Bray Wanderers have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.

The home team returns to Carlisle Grounds after drawing with Finn Harps (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Bray Wanderers won a home game hosting Kerry (3-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Wanderers matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

Bray Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Carlisle Grounds with 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Bray Wanderers have conceded 13 goals.

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Wexford Youths form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Wexford Youths failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Athlone Town (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Wexford did not look prepared in the first half against Athlone Town and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

A 1-2 defeat away at Longford Town before that.

Wexford Youths have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Wexford Youths have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Wexford Youths - Bray Wanderers 1-1. Wanderers-Wexford Youths H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bray Wanderers four wins, Wexford Youths two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Wexford YouthsA. Dobbs
A. Dobbs
12 goals
Bray WanderersB. Feeney
B. Feeney
8 goals

Bray Wanderers missing players

Wexford Youths missing players

Bray Wanderers Wexford Youths
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 2 11 22
7 5 3 Won W 0 4 7
9 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 5 11
28 16 8 Scored S 1 15 25
33 13 3 Conceded C 4 14 35
91% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
82% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 82%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 59%
36% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
14% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
64% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 45%
27% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 23%
18% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 36%
 
5.4 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 5.1
3.3 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.9 5.6
2.8 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.5
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 9.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.2 8.8
4.1 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.3
31% 40% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 34% 35%
 
7.8 6.1 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 10.6 10.8
3.3 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.5
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Bray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 22 19 2 1 59 9 11 11 0 0 36 3 11 8 2 1 23 6 50 59
2 Waterford United 22 14 4 4 62 19 12 7 3 2 38 13 10 7 1 2 24 6 43 46
3 Cobh Ramblers 22 10 6 6 33 29 11 6 3 2 19 13 11 4 3 4 14 16 4 36
4 Athlone Town 22 10 2 10 39 34 11 5 1 5 19 16 11 5 1 5 20 18 5 32
5 Bray Wanderers 22 7 9 6 28 33 10 5 3 2 16 13 12 2 6 4 12 20 -5 30
6 Treaty United 22 7 6 9 28 37 11 3 2 6 12 20 11 4 4 3 16 17 -9 27
7 Wexford Youths 22 7 4 11 25 35 11 3 2 6 10 21 11 4 2 5 15 14 -10 25
8 Longford Town 22 5 7 10 22 30 11 3 3 5 10 14 11 2 4 5 12 16 -8 22
9 Finn Harps 22 5 7 10 21 46 11 1 6 4 8 15 11 4 1 6 13 31 -25 22
10 Kerry 22 1 3 18 16 61 11 0 2 9 7 30 11 1 1 9 9 31 -45 6

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.