Only a few games have been played in the First Division so far, with Drogheda United placed 6th and Wexford Youths sitting in the 10th position.
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.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United are yet to win a home game this season, having collected 3 points from their first 2 games. The Drogheda United manager T. Clancy might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.A good away victory last time out for Drogheda United, who won 1-0 against Galway United (placed 9th). Before that game, the home loss against Cabinteely with the scoreline 1-4.
Early season goal statistics from Drogheda United's 2 home games: 5 goals, 4 conceded.
Wexford Youths form and stats
No points yet away for Wexford Youths, from their first 3 matches. It's all red in the travel logs of Wexford Youths, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.Wexford Youths won their last game, 2-0 versus Bray Wanderers played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Shelbourne before that.
Wexford Youths are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games. Wexford Youths can't defend away. 13 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Drogheda United, 1 draw and 0 wins for Wexford Youths.Drogheda United missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Drogheda United | Wexford Youths | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | Played | 2 | 5 |
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | Both teams to score | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 40% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shelbourne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Athlone Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Cabinteely | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Limerick | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Galway United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 3 |
