Galway United expected to challenge Cobh Ramblers at their own home

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Coleman's Park

Let's look at this interesting match in the First Division. Cobh Ramblers is in the 2nd place after participating in four matches. They greet Galway United who are placed 1st after four games.

Insights:
  • Cobh Ramblers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals (13) in First Division

This promises to be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

The hosts won their first First Division game here at St. Coleman's Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cobh Ramblers last season were 2 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 16 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Cobh Ramblers, as their goalkeeper Lee Steacy has completely shut out the opponents for 256 minutes in the First Division.

Ramblers are returning here after visiting Treaty United (after extra-time) and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Doherty (2) and Waweru scored the goal(s).

0-0 away at Longford Town (after extra-time) before that.

Cobh Ramblers has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Galway United form and stats

Galway United are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the First Division.

Galway United are travelling after their nice 9-1 home win in the game against Kerry (after extra-time) (placed 10th). As mentioned above, Galway United was the only team on the pitch versus Kerry in their previous game, winning 9-1. This could be a tougher task. McCarthy certainly enjoyed Galway's last game versus Kerry, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 9-1 victory.

Prior to that result Galway United won their away game at Waterford United (after extra-time). The scoreline was 1-0.

Galway United have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Galway United have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (6-1-0) when playing Ramblers.

The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cobh RamblersJ. Doherty
J. Doherty
3 goals
Galway UnitedE. McCarthy
E. McCarthy
3 goals
Galway UnitedV. Borden
V. Borden
3 goals

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Galway United missing players

Cobh Ramblers Galway United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 2 0 Scored S 0 3 13
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
75% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 6
4.5 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 2.8
2.2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 13.8
5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7.5 9
35% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 36%
 
10.8 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 2.5 3.2
4.2 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.5 1.8
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cobh Ramblers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in First Division
  • Cobh Ramblers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in First Division
  • Cobh Ramblers have the most clean sheets (3) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals (13) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in First Division
  • Galway United have the the best goal difference (+11) in First Division
  • Galway United is in the best form (4-0-0) in First Division
Cobh Ramblers Last season Galway United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   17 35
4 2   Won W   9 18
5 2   Drew D   5 10
23 12   Lost L   3 7
37 17   Scored S   32 61
78 42   Conceded C   16 34
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
84% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 77%
66% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 60%
56% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
34% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
56% 56%   BTTS BTTS   59% 51%
3% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 40%
44% 44%   Failed to Score F T   18% 17%
 
3.6 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.3
4.8 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.3
2.4 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
7 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
7.7 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 9.3
3.4 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.1
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 42%
 
11.2 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.1 6.6
5.2 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 2.9

  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 4 4 0 0 13 2 2 2 0 0 10 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 11 12
2 Cobh Ramblers 4 3 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 6 10
3 Bray Wanderers 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
4 Waterford United 4 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 7
5 Athlone Town 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Wexford Youths 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
7 Longford Town 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 3
8 Finn Harps 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 2
9 Treaty United 4 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -5 1
10 Kerry 4 0 1 3 3 15 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 12 -12 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

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.