Longford Town have 28 points playing as the host team. Bray Wanderers have 16 points using the away locker rooms. Could we look at anything else than a home win?
- Longford Town have the most points from losing position (12) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in First Division
Both participants have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Longford Town form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for Longford Town at their home stadium (Bishopsgate Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A strong away win for Longford Town against Cobh Ramblers the last match, as Robinson, Barnett, Măgerușan and Elworthy were on target. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that match was the home game against Waterford United that was lost 0-3.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 Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Longford Town has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Longford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the First Division. Bray Wanderers has drawn their two previous away games.
Impressive finishing from Lynch (2) and Manley secured the home win 3-0 against Athlone Town in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Treaty United.We have checked recent matches where Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Bray Wanderers when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Bray Wanderers - Longford Town 1-2 was the outcome when these participants formerly met, also in this season. Fox (Bray Wanderers) was given a red card by the ref when these teams previously met this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Longford two wins, two draws and Bray Wanderers six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  D. Craven 4 goals | S. Verdon 4 goals |  D. Lynch 3 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Longford Town | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 44% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 10.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 7 | 8.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 24% |
| 9.2 | 9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most points from losing position (12) in First Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 39 |
| 2 | Galway United | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -10 | 16 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -26 | 2 |
