The home coach Caulfield looks to inspire Galway United victory against Longford Town

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 24.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eamonn Deacy Park (5000 seats)

This might well be quite the interesting run-in at Eamonn Deacy Park in the First Division. Galway United is in 1st position and welcome Longford Town in 8th position. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Galway United have the most scored goals (15) in First Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (2) in First Division

Galway 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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Galway United form and stats

As mentioned below, Galway United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 First Division games.

A strong away win for Galway against Cobh Ramblers the last match, as Manning and Borden were on target.

Before that game, the 9-1 home victory against Kerry.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Galway United home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

At Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway United has the goal stats of 10-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Longford Town form and stats

Things could have gone better for Longford Town in their First Division away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.

The attacking players of Longford have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 304 minutes.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Finn Harps with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

A 0-0 draw at Bray Wanderers's stadium before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Longford Town played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Longford Town have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Galway United, two draws and five wins for Longford Town. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

GalwayV. Borden
V. Borden
4 goals
Galway UnitedE. McCarthy
E. McCarthy
3 goals
Galway UnitedS. Walsh
S. Walsh
2 goals

Galway United missing players

Longford Town missing players

Galway United Longford Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
5 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
15 10 10 Scored S 0 1 2
2 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 60%
 
6.4 8.5 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2.4
2.4 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 8.5 5.2
2.2 0.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 15.5 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 2 2.5 7
8.8 10.5 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 2.2
34% 48% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 18%
 
3.4 4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.5 8.6
1.8 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.4
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Galway United have created more than twice as many corners as Longford Town.
  • Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Galway United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Galway United have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
  • Galway United have the fewest conceded goals (2) in First Division
  • Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals (10) at home in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals (15) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in First Division
  • Galway United have the the best goal difference (+13) in First Division
  • Galway United have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in First Division
  • Galway United have won all their games so far.
  • Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Galway United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Galway United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Galway United is in the best form (5-0-0) in First Division
  • Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Longford Town have not yet lost a game away.
  • Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in First Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (2) in First Division
  • Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (4) in First Division
  • Longford Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Longford Town have yet to win a game.
Galway United Last season Longford Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   17 34
18 9   Won W   7 14
10 5   Drew D   5 11
7 4   Lost L   5 9
61 29   Scored S   30 51
34 18   Conceded C   29 46
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
77% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
60% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 62%
29% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 12%
51% 44%   BTTS BTTS   65% 59%
40% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 29%
17% 17%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
5.3 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.9
4.3 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.5
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
3 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.3 7.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 9.3
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.2
42% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 36%
 
6.6 4.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9.4
2.9 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Galway United 5 5 0 0 15 2 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 13 15
2 Cobh Ramblers 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 5 0 4 10
3 Bray Wanderers 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 9
4 Waterford United 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 8
5 Athlone Town 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
6 Wexford Youths 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
7 Finn Harps 5 1 2 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 5
8 Longford Town 5 0 3 2 2 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 3
9 Treaty United 5 0 2 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 -5 2
10 Kerry 5 0 1 4 4 17 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 3 14 -13 1

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.