Preview: 21 points are between the squads up until now, Galway United the superior team. Can Cobh Ramblers take the guests by surprise?
- Cobh Ramblers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Galway United have the most points from losing position (5) in First Division
Galway United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a First Division game only four sleeps ago.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
With 1 First Division win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Cobh Ramblers are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Cobh Ramblers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bray Wanderers that ended 1-1. A painful moment in the game against Bray Wanderers was the missed penalty kick from O'Brien-Whitmarsh in the 22nd minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
Before that game, the home loss against Cork City with the scoreline 2-3.Cobh Ramblers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Ramblers with 13 goals conceded in these matches. When Cobh Ramblers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bray Wanderers and Athlone Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Galway United form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Galway United so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are First Division statistics. The fact that Galway United have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Hurley and Hemmings scored in Galway United's previous match, the home game against Longford Town that ended 2-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Treaty United.Galway are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported match involving both these teams is the Galway United - Cobh Ramblers 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cobh Ramblers three wins, one draw and Galway United six 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 clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 6 goals |  B. Whitmarsh 5 goals | C. Drinan 4 goals |
Cobh Ramblers missing players
Galway United missing players
| Cobh Ramblers | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.6 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 9.2 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 42% | 46% |
| 8.2 | 8.3 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 9.3 | 6.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
- Cobh Ramblers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cobh Ramblers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cobh Ramblers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Galway United have the most points from losing position (5) in First Division
- Galway United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Galway United | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -10 | 12 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 2 |
