Both Longford Town and Galway United are aching for points in this fixture, in spite of the visitors having a 25 point lead from earlier matches.
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in First Division
- Galway United have the most scored goals (34) in First Division
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 Galway United.
Longford Town form and stats
With 1 First Division win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Longford Town are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Longford Town's last game was hosting Galway United (placed 1st) and winning 1-0. Finally, a league win after four games without.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Finn Harps the opponent.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Longford Town had similar winning odds as today, and found 7 games. In these, the hosts won 2, drew 0 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Longford lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Longford Town have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Longford Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Galway United form and stats
Galway United have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 6 First Division games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.
Galway United lost away at Longford Town (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss broke this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; eleven games in total!
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cobh Ramblers.Galway are a potent attacking force on the road with their 16 goals in 6 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Galway United have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Longford Town.Longford and Galway United have faced off earlier this season: Galway United - Longford Town 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Borden 8 goals | S. Walsh 5 goals | D. Hurley 5 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Galway United missing players
| Longford Town | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 83% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 58% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 58% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 7.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 33% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 35% | 40% |
| 8.3 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
- Galway United have created more than twice as many corners as Longford Town.
- Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galway United have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals (4) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- Galway United have the most clean sheets (7) in First Division
- Galway United have the most points (18) away in First Division
- Galway United have the most scored goals (16) away in First Division
- Galway United have the most scored goals (34) in First Division
- Galway United have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in First Division
- Galway United have the the best goal difference (+13) away in First Division
- Galway United have the the best goal difference (+30) in First Division
- Galway United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Galway United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Galway United is in the best form (6-0-0) in First Division
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (8) 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 | Galway United | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 6 | Finn Harps | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 7 | Wexford Youths | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 8 | Treaty United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Kerry | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -27 | 2 |
