Can Cobh Ramblers knock Wexford Youths in St. Coleman's Park clash?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Coleman's Park

Wexford Youths have journeyed here for an intriguing battle versus the home side Cobh Ramblers. Prepare for the match with this thorough First Division preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

The season before, Cobh Ramblers's league results were 8 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses, providing 8th place in the First Division. Over these 27 matches they scored 25 goals and let in 46. Playing as the home team in the last season Cobh Ramblers managed 4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 20 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cobh Ramblers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost two.

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Wexford Youths form and stats

Let's have a look at how Wexford Youths performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 3 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 10/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Ramblers won seven games, two matches ended with a tie and Wexford Youths managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Wexford Youths missing players

Cobh Ramblers Wexford Youths
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Cobh Ramblers Last season Wexford Youths
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   14 27
8 4   Won W   2 6
4 2   Drew D   1 3
15 7   Lost L   11 18
25 10   Scored S   10 29
46 20   Conceded C   30 56
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
81% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 78%
59% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 67%
22% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 37%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 19%
52% 31%   BTTS BTTS   36% 52%
15% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 11%
37% 46%   Failed to Score F T   50% 41%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.9
6.4 6.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 5.9
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
5 5   Red cards R C   3 5
 
6.8 7.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.7
2.3 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
40% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 31%
 
8.7 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.3
3.9 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cork City 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 3
2 Treaty United 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
3 Waterford United 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
4 Cobh Ramblers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Galway United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Athlone Town 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
8 Wexford Youths 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
9 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0
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 Shelbourne 27 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21

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.