The league table in First Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Galway United leading Cobh Ramblers by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in First Division
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Galway United form and stats
Overall First Division stats at home this season for Galway United are 3-3-1 (wins-draw-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
The Galway goalkeeper Conor Kearns is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 336 minutes without conceding a goal in the First Division.
A strong away win for Galway United against UCD the last match, as W. Waweru and R. Keating were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Treaty United and winning 1-0.Galway are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Galway United have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
There's been little loot from Cobh Ramblers's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the First Division. Cobh Ramblers only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
There might be some fixture complaints from Ramblers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the First Division match against Bray Wanderers (1-2).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Wexford Youths.Ramblers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Ramblers have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cobh Ramblers - Galway United 0-4 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Galway United, two draws and four wins for Cobh Ramblers. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Keating 6 goals | P. Cunningham 5 goals | W. Waweru 4 goals |
Galway United missing players
Cobh Ramblers missing players
| Galway United | Cobh Ramblers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 64% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 24% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 41% |
- Cobh Ramblers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cobh Ramblers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cobh Ramblers have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in First Division
- Cobh Ramblers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Galway United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Treaty United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | UCD | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Athlone Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Cork City | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -21 | 4 |