Hey! Here's all you must know about the First Division fixture Longford Town - Galway United!
- Longford Town have the most points from losing position (18) in First Division
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) 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.
Longford Town form and stats
7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Longford Town so far this season.
The home team returns to Bishopsgate Stadium after drawing with Galway United on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Longford Town in their match versus Galway United as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cobh Ramblers and winning 4-2.Lots of goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this team has contained at least three goals.
There will be little rest for Longford after this match as they are travelling to Galway United for a First Division game in only four days.
Longford Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Longford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.
Galway United form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Galway United have produced an overall stat of 9-4-3 so far. It's three draws from Galway United's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Galway United's last game was the home draw against Longford Town (3-3). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Galway's duel with Longford Town. It looked bad at 1-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Manley found the equalizer.
A 0-0 draw at Wexford Youths's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Galway United in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Galway United, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league matches.
After this away game Galway United return home for a First Division game against Longford Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Galway are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Galway United - Longford Town 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Longford Town six wins, one draw and Galway United three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Walsh 16 goals |  S. Verdon 8 goals |  J. Adeyemo 7 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Galway United missing players
| Longford Town | Galway United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 49 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | 56 |
| 41 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 91% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 91% |
| 88% | 81% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| 59% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 22% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 28% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 9% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 31% | 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 19% | 19% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | 16% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 10.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | 42% |
| 9.6 | 9 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 9.3 | 6.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | 2.9 |
- Galway United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Galway United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most points from losing position (18) 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 | Cork City | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 36 | 64 |
| 3 | Galway United | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 44 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -31 | 24 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -41 | 17 |
