First Division preview with statistics: Cobh Ramblers welcomes Galway United to St. Coleman's Park

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Coleman's Park

Battling Cobh Ramblers are eager to pull off an upset when they host hard-driving Galway United in the upcoming league game. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Cobh Ramblers have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division
  • Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

With 3 First Division wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Cobh Ramblers are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Ramblers are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The Cobh Ramblers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Bray Wanderers here at St. Coleman's Park in a First Division match.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Wexford Youths.

Cobh Ramblers have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Galway United form and stats

As the visiting team in First Division matches, Galway United have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Galway's previous game versus UCD (placed 3rd), a First Division 4-1 win played at home.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Treaty United.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Galway have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. It's not easy to score on Galway United as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Galway United - Ramblers 2-0 was the score in these sides' latest head to head match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ramblers three wins, two draws and Galway United five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Galway UnitedR. Keating
R. Keating
8 goals
Galway UnitedP. Cunningham
P. Cunningham
7 goals
Galway UnitedW. Waweru
W. Waweru
7 goals

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Galway United missing players

Cobh Ramblers Galway United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
5 3 0 Won W 3 6 12
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
14 6 3 Lost L 0 3 5
19 8 1 Scored S 8 16 35
43 19 8 Conceded C 2 10 21
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
83% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 65%
61% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 48%
26% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 35%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
52% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 27% 43%
13% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 55% 48%
39% 45% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 22%
 
4.7 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.2 6.6
6 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.9 4.5
2.3 2.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 2.1
3 3 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
6.7 7.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.5 10.6
2.3 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 5
37% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 30% 29%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cobh Ramblers have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division
  • Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in First Division
  • Cobh Ramblers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in First Division
  • Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division

  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 23 15 7 1 46 19 11 7 4 0 24 10 12 8 3 1 22 9 27 52
2 Galway United 23 12 6 5 35 21 12 6 4 2 19 11 11 6 2 3 16 10 14 42
3 UCD 23 11 6 6 50 34 12 6 4 2 27 15 11 5 2 4 23 19 16 39
4 Treaty United 23 10 8 5 32 23 12 6 4 2 15 10 11 4 4 3 17 13 9 38
5 Bray Wanderers 23 9 9 5 33 24 11 5 3 3 15 9 12 4 6 2 18 15 9 36
6 Athlone Town 23 8 4 11 27 38 11 4 1 6 14 18 12 4 3 5 13 20 -11 28
7 Cork City 23 6 8 9 30 27 12 4 3 5 21 17 11 2 5 4 9 10 3 26
8 Cabinteely 23 7 1 15 22 40 12 3 1 8 8 20 11 4 0 7 14 20 -18 22
9 Cobh Ramblers 23 5 4 14 19 43 11 3 2 6 8 19 12 2 2 8 11 24 -24 19
10 Wexford Youths 23 4 3 16 22 47 11 2 2 7 13 23 12 2 1 9 9 24 -25 15

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.