Another action-packed fixture in First Division as Limerick welcome Longford Town

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Fri 05.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Markets Field (5000 seats)

Limerick will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Longford Town.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Limerick form and stats

Limerick have performed well here at Markets Field so far this season with 5 wins from 9 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

Limerick's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Shelbourne. Before that, Limerick played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Wexford Youths.

Limerick are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 9 matches. Limerick have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Longford Town form and stats

3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Longford Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in First Division, in their matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on N. Fenn, the Longford Town manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Longford Town are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the First Division against Cobh Ramblers. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Bray Wanderers's place.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Longford Town as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Longford Town - Limerick 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Limerick, 5 draws and 3 wins for Longford Town. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

D. Byrne
7 goals
S. Verdon
6 goals
D. Murphy
4 goals

Limerick missing players

Longford Town missing players

Limerick Longford Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played 2 9 18
8 5 0 Won 0 3 11
5 3 1 Drew 1 3 3
5 1 1 Lost 1 3 4
19 10 0 Scored 3 8 23
16 4 1 Conceded 4 8 11
83% 78% 50% Over 0.5 100% 78% 89%
56% 44% 0% Over 1.5 100% 44% 50%
28% 22% 0% Over 2.5 50% 33% 33%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 50% 11% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 50% 11% 6%
39% 33% 0% BTTS 100% 44% 33%
39% 56% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 44% 56%
39% 33% 100% Failed To Score 0% 33% 22%
 
3.6 4 5 Corners For (avg) 8.5 7.1 6.7
4.9 5 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 3.7 3.8
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.6 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Limerick have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Longford Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Limerick
All Premier Division First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
24-05-19 FD Limerick 1 - 0 Cabinteely
31-05-19 FD Athlone Town 1 - 1 Limerick
08-06-19 FD Limerick 2 - 1 Galway United
14-06-19 FD Wexford Youths 0 - 0 Limerick
28-06-19 FD Limerick 0 - 1 Shelbourne
05-07-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Longford Town
12-07-19 FD Bray Wanderers 18:45 Limerick
19-07-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Drogheda United
26-07-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Cobh Ramblers
02-08-19 FD Cabinteely 18:45 Limerick
Longford Town
All Premier Division First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
31-05-19 FD Shelbourne 1 - 0 Longford Town
03-06-19 FD Longford Town 2 - 1 Galway United
08-06-19 FD Longford Town 1 - 0 Wexford Youths
14-06-19 FD Bray Wanderers 3 - 2 Longford Town
29-06-19 FD Longford Town 1 - 0 Cobh Ramblers
05-07-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Longford Town
13-07-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Drogheda United
19-07-19 FD Cabinteely 18:45 Longford Town
27-07-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Galway United
02-08-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Longford Town

  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 18 13 1 4 27 13 9 8 0 1 17 5 9 5 1 3 10 8 14 40
2 Longford Town 18 11 3 4 23 11 9 8 0 1 15 3 9 3 3 3 8 8 12 36
3 Drogheda United 18 11 2 5 37 23 9 6 1 2 18 10 9 5 1 3 19 13 14 35
4 Cabinteely 18 9 5 4 25 22 9 4 2 3 11 15 9 5 3 1 14 7 3 32
5 Limerick 18 8 5 5 19 16 9 5 3 1 10 4 9 3 2 4 9 12 3 29
6 Bray Wanderers 18 9 1 8 23 16 9 6 1 2 14 8 9 3 0 6 9 8 7 28
7 Cobh Ramblers 18 5 4 9 22 28 9 4 1 4 14 12 9 1 3 5 8 16 -6 19
8 Galway United 18 4 2 12 20 25 9 2 2 5 8 10 9 2 0 7 12 15 -5 14
9 Athlone Town 18 3 4 11 20 40 9 1 3 5 11 23 9 2 1 6 9 17 -20 13
10 Wexford Youths 18 2 3 13 15 37 9 2 2 5 9 14 9 0 1 8 6 23 -22 9

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