Football betting preview: Cabinteely vs Drogheda United

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Tue 27.October
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stradbrook Road (1620 seats)

The visiting Drogheda United side should be favourites in this visit to Cabinteely, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

The visiting Drogheda United played their last game only three days ago, a First Division match.

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Cabinteely form and stats

Cabinteely have played 8 First Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). With Cabinteely having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager P. Devlin.

Cabinteely lost their last game at UCD (placed 3rd) after a 1-5 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Longford Town with the scoreline 0-3.

As you see from the result above, Cabinteely suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Cabinteely has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Cabinteely have conceded 15 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Drogheda United form and stats

Drogheda United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Drogheda United, who have the the best goal difference (+20) in First Division, collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the First Division. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Having won their last three away games Drogheda has no reason to fear anyone.

D. Prendergast and M. Doyle scored in Drogheda's previous match, the home game against Wexford Youths that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Galway United at their stadium, the result 3-1.

The Drogheda manager T. Clancy has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. As opposed to that, Drogheda United have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Drogheda United - Cabinteely 5-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cabinteely three wins, three draws and Drogheda United four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Cabinteely missing players

Drogheda United missing players

Cabinteely Drogheda United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
8 3 1 Won W 1 5 11
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 3
7 4 1 Lost L 0 0 3
22 8 4 Scored S 8 18 37
31 15 5 Conceded C 5 8 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
59% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 53%
35% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 47%
24% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 24%
47% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 53%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 29%
29% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.8 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
31 17 5 Total Shots T S 0 17 67
12 8 4 Shots on Target S O 0 10 33
92% 62% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 52%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cabinteely haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Drogheda United has the most points from losing position (15) in First Division
  • Drogheda United has the the best goal difference (+20) in First Division
  • Drogheda United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Drogheda United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Drogheda United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Drogheda United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cabinteely have scored home.
  • Drogheda United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Drogheda United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Drogheda United is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 17 11 3 3 37 17 9 6 0 3 19 9 8 5 3 0 18 8 20 36
2 Bray Wanderers 17 11 2 4 29 13 9 6 1 2 14 3 8 5 1 2 15 10 16 35
3 UCD 17 9 2 6 42 27 9 5 1 3 21 12 8 4 1 3 21 15 15 29
4 Longford Town 17 9 2 6 25 21 9 4 1 4 14 15 8 5 1 2 11 6 4 29
5 Galway United 17 7 5 5 24 17 8 2 2 4 6 10 9 5 3 1 18 7 7 26
6 Cobh Ramblers 17 8 2 7 22 20 8 3 1 4 13 16 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 26
7 Cabinteely 17 8 2 7 22 31 8 3 1 4 8 15 9 5 1 3 14 16 -9 26
8 Shamrock Rovers II 17 4 2 11 21 28 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 2 0 6 10 12 -7 14
9 Athlone Town 17 3 3 11 21 42 8 1 1 6 10 26 9 2 2 5 11 16 -21 12
10 Wexford Youths 17 2 3 12 11 38 8 0 3 5 2 14 9 2 0 7 9 24 -27 9

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.