Match preview First Division: Longford Town - Shelbourne at City Calling Stadium

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: City Calling Stadium (6850 seats)

Longford Town and Shelbourne are both riding high in the First Division with their 3rd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Longford Town and Shelbourne 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

Longford Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in First Division, have been very solid at home so far, with 30 points collected from 11 matches (10-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the league table. 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.

Happy days for Longford Town in their previous game, a First Division match away at Athlone Town that ended with a 5-1 victory. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Galway United.

The Longford Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Longford Town have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Shelbourne form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Shelbourne, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Cobh Ramblers in the First Division. A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Wexford Youths.

Shelbourne find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures. Shelbourne are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shelbourne - Longford Town 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Longford Town wins - draws - Shelbourne wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Byrne
9 goals
S. Verdon
7 goals

Longford Town missing players

Shelbourne missing players

Longford Town Shelbourne
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played 1 12 23
14 10 2 Won 0 7 16
3 0 0 Drew 1 1 2
6 1 0 Lost 0 4 5
35 21 5 Scored 0 15 38
18 4 1 Conceded 0 10 18
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 92% 96%
61% 64% 100% Over 1.5 0% 58% 65%
43% 45% 100% Over 2.5 0% 42% 48%
22% 18% 0% Over 3.5 0% 8% 13%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 8% 13%
39% 27% 50% BTTS 0% 33% 39%
48% 64% 50% Clean Sheets 100% 42% 48%
22% 9% 0% Failed To Score 100% 33% 17%
 
6.3 5.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) 5 4.8 5
3.6 3.8 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 3 4 4.7
1.2 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • 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.
  • Shelbourne have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Longford Town
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
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 1 - 5 Longford Town
10-08-19 FAI Longford Town 18:30 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
21-09-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 18:45 Longford Town
Shelbourne
All First Division League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 FD Galway United 0 - 3 Shelbourne
12-07-19 FD Shelbourne 1 - 1 Cabinteely
19-07-19 FD Athlone Town 1 - 2 Shelbourne
26-07-19 FD Shelbourne 5 - 2 Wexford Youths
03-08-19 FD Cobh Ramblers 1 - 0 Shelbourne
09-08-19 FAI Bohemians 18:45 Shelbourne
17-08-19 FD Longford Town 18:30 Shelbourne
30-08-19 FD Shelbourne 18:45 Bray Wanderers
13-09-19 FD Drogheda United 18:45 Shelbourne
21-09-19 FD Shelbourne 18:45 Limerick

  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 23 16 2 5 38 18 11 9 1 1 23 8 12 7 1 4 15 10 20 50
2 Drogheda United 23 14 3 6 49 29 11 7 2 2 22 12 12 7 1 4 27 17 20 45
3 Longford Town 23 14 3 6 35 18 11 10 0 1 21 4 12 4 3 5 14 14 17 45
4 Cabinteely 23 12 7 4 33 24 12 7 2 3 18 16 11 5 5 1 15 8 9 43
5 Bray Wanderers 23 12 2 9 35 21 11 8 1 2 18 8 12 4 1 7 17 13 14 38
6 Limerick 23 9 5 9 26 29 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 3 2 6 9 16 -3 32
7 Cobh Ramblers 23 8 5 10 32 37 12 6 2 4 18 14 11 2 3 6 14 23 -5 29
8 Galway United 23 4 4 15 23 37 12 2 3 7 11 18 11 2 1 8 12 19 -14 16
9 Athlone Town 23 4 4 15 26 53 12 2 3 7 16 31 11 2 1 8 10 22 -27 16
10 Wexford Youths 23 2 5 16 20 51 11 2 3 6 10 19 12 0 2 10 10 32 -31 11

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