There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the First Division table so far. Here's the Galway United - Longford Town latest:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Galway United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division this season. Galway United have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Eamonn Deacy Park.
A good away victory last time out for Galway United, who won 1-0 against Bray Wanderers. Preceding that game was the home draw versus UCD that ended 2-2.
The victory against Bray Wanderers came after W. Waweru's winning goal. The Galway United manager J. Caulfield was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 55th minute.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Galway here at Eamonn Deacy Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). On the other hand, Galway United have conceded 12 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Longford Town form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
It's the second away game in a row for Longford, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus UCD (after extra-time) in the First Division last time out. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wexford Youths wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Doyle when D. Byrne scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. The end of the last match, against UCD (after extra-time), was very satisfying as D. Byrne scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Longford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Longford Town as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Longford Town - Galway 2-6. Last ten meetings between the teams: Galway won two, Longford Town won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Manley 9 goals | S. Verdon 6 goals |  C. Ubaezuonu 4 goals |
Galway United missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Galway United | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 27 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 29 |
| 19 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 79% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 37% |
| 32% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 31 | 46 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 68% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 88% |
- Galway United has the most matches under the total-line (12) in First Division
- Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Drogheda United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | UCD | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Galway United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers II | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -17 | 15 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 26 | -34 | 9 |