Longford Town vs Galway United preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Sat 27.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: City Calling Stadium (6850 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this City Calling Stadium clash with Galway United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the First Division table.

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.

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Longford Town form and stats

10-0-1 is the performance here at City Calling Stadium so far, giving Longford Town a total of 30 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Cabinteely here at City Calling Stadium, Longford Town has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Longford Town's previous game was a First Division match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Galway United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Cabinteely.

A decent goal production from Longford Town in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 matches. Longford Town have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Galway United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Galway United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Galway United are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Longford Town fixture.

Two away games in a row for Galway United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Longford Town in the First Division. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bray Wanderers.

Galway United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Galway United have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Longford Town - Galway United 4-0. Longford Town-Galway United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Longford Town 4 wins, Galway United 2 wins, 4 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

D. Byrne
9 goals
S. Verdon
7 goals
V. Faherty
6 goals

Longford Town missing players

Galway United missing players

Longford Town Galway United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played 2 11 22
13 10 3 Won 0 2 4
3 0 0 Drew 0 1 4
6 1 0 Lost 2 8 14
30 21 5 Scored 0 12 22
17 4 1 Conceded 6 19 34
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 91% 91%
59% 64% 33% Over 1.5 100% 82% 73%
41% 45% 33% Over 2.5 100% 82% 64%
18% 18% 33% Over 3.5 0% 27% 23%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 5%
36% 27% 33% BTTS 0% 36% 41%
50% 64% 67% Clean Sheets 0% 27% 23%
23% 9% 0% Failed To Score 100% 45% 45%
 
6.2 5.8 8.7 Corners For (avg) 6.5 4.9 4.4
3.6 3.8 2 Corners Against (avg) 7 5.8 5.8
1.2 0.8 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 3 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Galway United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Longford Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Longford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Longford Town
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
29-06-19 FD Longford Town 1 - 0 Cobh Ramblers
05-07-19 FD Limerick 3 - 1 Longford Town
13-07-19 FD Longford Town 2 - 1 Drogheda United
19-07-19 FD Cabinteely 2 - 0 Longford Town
27-07-19 FD Longford Town 4 - 0 Galway United
02-08-19 FD Athlone Town 18:45 Longford Town
11-08-19 FAI Longford Town - Athlone Town
17-08-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Shelbourne
30-08-19 FD Wexford Youths 18:45 Longford Town
14-09-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Bray Wanderers
Galway United
All Premier Division First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
28-06-19 FD Galway United 1 - 1 Athlone Town
05-07-19 FD Galway United 0 - 3 Shelbourne
12-07-19 FD Wexford Youths 0 - 0 Galway United
19-07-19 FD Galway United 2 - 2 Bray Wanderers
27-07-19 FD Longford Town 4 - 0 Galway United
02-08-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Drogheda United
11-08-19 FAI Collinstown - Galway United
16-08-19 FD Cabinteely 18:45 Galway United
30-08-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Limerick
13-09-19 FD Galway United 18:45 Cobh Ramblers

  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 22 16 2 4 38 17 11 9 1 1 23 8 11 7 1 3 15 9 21 50
2 Drogheda United 22 13 3 6 46 28 11 7 2 2 22 12 11 6 1 4 24 16 18 42
3 Longford Town 22 13 3 6 30 17 11 10 0 1 21 4 11 3 3 5 9 13 13 42
4 Cabinteely 22 11 7 4 30 24 11 6 2 3 15 16 11 5 5 1 15 8 6 40
5 Bray Wanderers 22 11 2 9 30 20 11 8 1 2 18 8 11 3 1 7 12 12 10 35
6 Limerick 22 9 5 8 26 26 12 6 3 3 17 13 10 3 2 5 9 13 0 32
7 Cobh Ramblers 22 7 5 10 31 37 11 5 2 4 17 14 11 2 3 6 14 23 -6 26
8 Galway United 22 4 4 14 22 34 11 2 3 6 10 15 11 2 1 8 12 19 -12 16
9 Athlone Town 22 4 4 14 25 48 11 2 3 6 15 26 11 2 1 8 10 22 -23 16
10 Wexford Youths 22 2 5 15 19 46 10 2 3 5 9 14 12 0 2 10 10 32 -27 11

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