Longford Town vs Galway United pre-match information

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

Galway United have journeyed here for an interesting fight against the home team Longford Town. Get smart on the game with this full First Division preview!

Insights:
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in First Division
  • Galway United have the most points (9) away in First Division

Longford Town and Galway United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Longford Town form and stats

The story so far in the First Division for Longford Town at their home stadium (Bishopsgate Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Longford Town, who won 3-0 against Wexford Youths (placed 4th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bray Wanderers (1-2).

Longford Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Galway United form and stats

Galway United are yet to lose a point on their First Division travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. 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 United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Athlone Town (placed 9th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Treaty United.

It's not easy to score on Galway as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Longford Town victories, two draws and two Galway United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Galway UnitedS. Walsh
S. Walsh
3 goals
Galway UnitedW. Waweru
W. Waweru
2 goals
Longford TownA. Robinson
A. Robinson
1 goals

Longford Town missing players

Galway United missing players

Longford Town Galway United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 3 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 3 4
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 3 6 10
2 2 0 Conceded C 1 2 5
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 80%
67% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 5.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 3.8
4.7 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 4.8
2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.7 8.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 5.3 7
2 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3
67% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 67% 67%
 
7.3 6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 10.3 9.2
2 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4 3.4
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Galway United have the most points (9) away in First Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in First Division
Longford Town Last season Galway United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   14 29
2 2   Won W   7 15
9 4   Drew D   3 7
25 12   Lost L   4 7
22 11   Scored S   17 39
71 32   Conceded C   13 26
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 86%
75% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 59%
42% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 45%
28% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 28%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
44% 39%   BTTS BTTS   21% 38%
8% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 48%
50% 50%   Failed to Score F T   36% 28%
 
3.2 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.5
6.1 6.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.3
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2
3 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
6 6.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.4
2.1 2.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.8
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%
 
10.8 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.2 7
5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 2.4

  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 6 4 1 1 14 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 3 2 1 0 10 0 13 13
2 Galway United 5 4 1 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 13
3 Waterford United 5 3 1 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 7 6 3 10
4 Wexford Youths 5 2 0 3 7 13 3 1 0 2 3 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 -6 6
5 Bray Wanderers 5 2 0 3 4 11 2 0 0 2 1 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 -7 6
6 Longford Town 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 4
7 Treaty United 4 1 1 2 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 6 3 -1 4
8 Cobh Ramblers 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 4
9 Athlone Town 4 0 0 4 6 12 3 0 0 3 5 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 -6 0

Read more about First Division

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.