Betting guide: Longford Town favourite to beat Cobh Ramblers at City Calling Stadium

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Sat 29.June
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: City Calling Stadium (6850 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Longford Town leading Cobh Ramblers by 14 points.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Longford Town and Cobh Ramblers.

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Longford Town form and stats

This stadium, City Calling Stadium, has been a fortress for Longford Town so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1. Longford Town has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at City Calling Stadium. We remember; it was Cabinteely.

Longford Town's previous game was a First Division match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Cobh Ramblers. The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Longford Town lost 2-3 at Bray Wanderers's place.

Longford Town are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W2-D0-L1.

A decent goal production from Longford Town in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 matches. Longford Town have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cobh Ramblers so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Cobh Ramblers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Longford Town in the First Division. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Galway United.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cobh Ramblers played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 0 times.

Cobh Ramblers find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures. Cobh Ramblers have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cobh Ramblers - Longford Town 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Longford Town, 2 draws and 5 wins for Cobh Ramblers. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

J. Kabia
8 goals
D. Byrne
7 goals
S. Verdon
5 goals

Longford Town missing players

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Longford Town Cobh Ramblers
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played 2 9 18
11 8 3 Won 0 1 5
3 0 0 Drew 0 3 4
4 1 0 Lost 2 5 9
23 15 6 Scored 0 8 22
11 3 2 Conceded 5 16 28
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 56% 67% Over 1.5 50% 67% 61%
33% 33% 67% Over 2.5 50% 56% 56%
11% 11% 33% Over 3.5 50% 44% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 22% 67% BTTS 0% 56% 56%
56% 67% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 11%
22% 11% 0% Failed To Score 100% 44% 39%
 
6.5 5.9 6.3 Corners For (avg) 5 4.3 4.5
3.8 4 3 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 5.2 4.9
1.1 0.7 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Cobh Ramblers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cobh Ramblers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Longford Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Longford Town
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 18:30 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
Cobh Ramblers
24-05-19 FD Shelbourne 1 - 0 Cobh Ramblers
31-05-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 1 - 0 Bray Wanderers
08-06-19 FD Cabinteely 2 - 2 Cobh Ramblers
14-06-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 2 - 1 Galway United
29-06-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Cobh Ramblers
05-07-19 FD Drogheda United 18:45 Cobh Ramblers
13-07-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 18:00 Athlone Town
20-07-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 18:00 Wexford Youths
26-07-19 FD Limerick 18:45 Cobh Ramblers
03-08-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 18:00 Shelbourne

  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 Drogheda United 18 11 2 5 37 23 9 6 1 2 18 10 9 5 1 3 19 13 14 35
3 Longford Town 17 10 3 4 22 11 8 7 0 1 14 3 9 3 3 3 8 8 11 33
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 17 5 4 8 22 27 9 4 1 4 14 12 8 1 3 4 8 15 -5 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