Match preview First Division: Drogheda United - Longford Town at Hunky Dorys Park

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hunky Dorys Park (2000 seats)

After the first game it's Drogheda United - Longford Town 3-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second First Division game of the season?

Drogheda United and Longford Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Drogheda United form and stats

A strong away win for Drogheda United against Cobh Ramblers the last match, as C. Lyons and S. Brennan were on target. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Cabinteely.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Drogheda United handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Last season, Drogheda United's league statistics were 16 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier Division. Over these 27 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Drogheda United managed 8-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 15 conceded.

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Longford Town form and stats

Longford Town won their last game, 2-0 versus Shamrock Rovers II played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cabinteely (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties).

Longford Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

Let's have a look at how Longford Town performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 19/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Drogheda United-Longford Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Drogheda United two wins, Longford Town six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Longford Town
A. Dervin
1 goals

Drogheda United missing players

Longford Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Drogheda United Longford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 15
5 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Drogheda United Last season Longford Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
17 9   Won W   6 16
4 2   Drew D   4 5
8 3   Lost L   5 8
65 34   Scored S   19 42
38 16   Conceded C   15 24
90% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 90%
79% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 66%
72% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 41%
52% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 21%
38% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
59% 50%   BTTS BTTS   47% 41%
34% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 45%
17% 21%   Failed to Score F T   33% 24%
 
5.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.2
4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.7
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
420 199   Total Shots T S   129 311
191 89   Shots on Target S O   58 142
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cabinteely 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Longford Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wexford Youths 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
9 Cobh Ramblers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Shamrock Rovers II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 19 3 5 50 19 13 10 2 1 30 8 14 9 1 4 20 11 31 60
2 Drogheda United 27 16 3 8 59 36 13 8 2 3 29 15 14 8 1 5 30 21 23 51
3 Longford Town 27 16 3 8 41 23 13 10 0 3 22 8 14 6 3 5 19 15 18 51
4 Cabinteely 27 14 8 5 39 28 14 8 2 4 21 18 13 6 6 1 18 10 11 50
5 Bray Wanderers 27 14 4 9 44 26 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 5 2 7 19 14 18 46
6 Limerick 27 10 6 11 33 41 14 7 4 3 22 15 13 3 2 8 11 26 -8 36
7 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 7 12 38 51 14 6 3 5 20 18 13 2 4 7 18 33 -13 31
8 Galway United 27 7 5 15 36 42 14 4 3 7 21 21 13 3 2 8 15 21 -6 26
9 Athlone Town 27 4 6 17 30 61 14 2 4 8 18 35 13 2 2 9 12 26 -31 18
10 Wexford Youths 27 2 5 20 22 65 13 2 3 8 11 23 14 0 2 12 11 42 -43 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cabinteely 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Longford Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wexford Youths 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
9 Cobh Ramblers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Shamrock Rovers II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.