Longford Town perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Galway United can look both up and down from their 6th position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Longford Town form and stats
Longford Town have played 7 First Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Longford are returning here after visiting Athlone Town in a First Division game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. K. Chambers, R. Manley and S. Verdon scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting UCD in a game that was won 3-1.
As mentioned above, Longford "killed" Athlone Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 seven games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost three.
The Longford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Galway United form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Galway United have produced an overall stat of 3-3-1 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Galway on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Galway failed to get anything from their last game, a First Division home match vs Cobh Ramblers (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Cabinteely.
We have checked recent matches where Galway United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.
Galway United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Galway United - Longford Town 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Longford Town victories, three draws and one Galway United win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Manley 6 goals | S. Verdon 6 goals | A. McCabe 4 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Galway United missing players
| Longford Town | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 31% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 69% | 150% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 92% |
- All of Longford Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Galway United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in First Division
- Galway United has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in First Division
- Galway United has the most matches under the total-line (11) in First Division
- 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 away.
- Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Longford Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Drogheda United | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Cabinteely | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 5 | UCD | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 23 |
| 6 | Galway United | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Cobh Ramblers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -9 | 20 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -19 | 10 |
| 9 | Wexford Youths | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 9 |
| 10 | Shamrock Rovers II | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 8 |