Only a few games have been played in the First Division so far, with Longford Town placed 2nd and Bray Wanderers sitting in the 6th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Longford Town form and stats
Longford Town have only played one First Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Longford, as their goalkeeper Lee Steacy has completely shut out the opponents for 342 minutes in the First Division.
Longford shared the glory with UCD in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Drogheda United and winning 1-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Longford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Longford Town at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the First Division ended in defeat. Last season Bray Wanderers had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 5, drew 2 and lost 7.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Wanderers goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 227 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Bray Wanderers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Cobh Ramblers that finished 0-0. Preceding that game was the away League Cup victory against Wexford Youths (after extra-time) with the score of 2-1.
Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Bray Wanderers have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Longford wins - draws - Bray Wanderers wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dervin 1 goals | R. Manley 1 goals | S. Verdon 1 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Longford Town | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 57% |
- Longford Town has the fewest conceded goals (0)
- Longford Town has the most clean sheets (3)
| Longford Town | Last season | Bray Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 66% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 63% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 26% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 19% | ||
| 41% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 41% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 30% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 311 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 159 | 282 | ||
| 142 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 116 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cabinteely | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Longford Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Drogheda United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Wexford Youths | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | UCD | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Galway United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Shamrock Rovers II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Athlone Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 60 |
| 2 | Drogheda United | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Longford Town | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | Cabinteely | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 46 |
| 6 | Limerick | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -8 | 36 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -13 | 31 |
| 8 | Galway United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -31 | 18 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 27 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 42 | -43 | 11 |