First Division match prediction: Little separates Longford Town and Bray Wanderers in quality

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

Longford Town get ready to host Bray Wanderers for another interesting First Division game here at Bishopsgate Stadium.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Division game only three days ago.

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Longford Town form and stats

The previous season, Longford Town's league results were 2 wins, 9 draws and 25 losses, providing 10th spot in the Premier Division. During these 36 matches they scored 22 goals and gave away 71. Appearing as the home side in the last season Longford Town managed 2-4-12 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 32 conceded. A First Division draw at home so far for Longford Town. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 18 matches. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Longford Town drew their last game, also a home match. Cork City (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Finn Harps in the Premier Division.

This is expected to be a close game, with Longford Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Longford Town as a small favourite), we find five games. Longford Town has won four of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Longford are traveling soon after this match as the First Division match at Wexford Youths awaits in four days.

Longford Town has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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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 4, drew 6 and lost 4. Recent form does not give Bray Wanderers much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Longford Town will be a tough nut to crack.

Wanderers's previous game was their home loss versus Galway United (1-3).

A 0-1 defeat away at Waterford United before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bray Wanderers manager Devlin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cobh Ramblers.

Bray Wanderers have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Longford Town victories, two draws and five Bray Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Bray WanderersH. Douglas
H. Douglas
1 goals

Longford Town missing players

Bray Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Longford Town Bray Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 10
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5.3
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 8
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
5 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 9
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5.3
Longford Town Last season Bray Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   15 30
2 2   Won W   5 10
9 4   Drew D   6 11
25 12   Lost L   4 9
22 11   Scored S   21 37
71 32   Conceded C   20 33
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 77%
75% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 60%
42% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
28% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 23%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 13%
44% 39%   BTTS BTTS   53% 43%
8% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 43%
50% 50%   Failed to Score F T   27% 37%
 
3.2 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.1
6.1 6.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.2
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
3 3   Red cards R C   3 4
 
6 6.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9
2.1 2.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.4
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 36%
 
10.8 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 8.9
5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waterford United 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 7 4 5 10
2 Cork City 4 2 1 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 7 7
3 Galway United 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Wexford Youths 4 2 0 2 7 10 2 1 0 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 -3 6
5 Treaty United 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 4
6 Longford Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Cobh Ramblers 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
8 Athlone Town 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
9 Bray Wanderers 3 0 0 3 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 -9 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 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 6 6 59 28 18 12 5 1 32 13 18 12 1 5 27 15 31 78
2 St Patrick's 36 18 8 10 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 18 18 6 6 6 26 24 14 62
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 18 8 5 5 24 13 18 8 4 6 19 19 11 57
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 18 6 8 4 26 20 18 8 4 6 23 22 7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 18 9 4 5 38 22 18 5 6 7 22 24 14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 18 9 2 7 24 22 18 4 7 7 20 24 -2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 18 7 4 7 22 17 18 5 4 9 23 26 2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 18 5 6 7 23 22 18 6 5 7 21 30 -8 44
9 Waterford United 36 12 6 18 36 56 18 6 4 8 20 29 18 6 2 10 16 27 -20 42
10 Longford Town 36 2 9 25 22 71 18 2 4 12 11 32 18 0 5 13 11 39 -49 15
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 16 9 2 49 23 14 8 6 0 27 12 13 8 3 2 22 11 26 57
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 14 8 4 2 22 12 13 7 2 4 17 13 14 51
3 UCD 27 13 7 7 55 38 14 8 4 2 30 16 13 5 3 5 25 22 17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 5 4 5 20 16 9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 13 5 4 4 16 11 14 4 6 4 20 20 5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 14 6 3 5 28 17 13 2 6 5 9 11 9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 14 4 5 5 15 22 -11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 13 4 2 7 10 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 14 3 1 10 9 24 13 5 0 8 17 23 -21 25
10 Wexford Youths 27 6 3 18 29 56 13 4 2 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 10 30 -27 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waterford United 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 7 4 5 10
2 Cork City 4 2 1 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 7 7
3 Galway United 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Wexford Youths 4 2 0 2 7 10 2 1 0 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 -3 6
5 Treaty United 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 4
6 Longford Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Cobh Ramblers 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
8 Athlone Town 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
9 Bray Wanderers 3 0 0 3 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 -9 0

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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.