Faithful supporters at Bishopsgate Stadium haven’t seen many home wins this season, with Longford Town withering away in the 9th place. The guesting Wexford Youths will hope to protect their higher league position in this fixture.
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in First Division
Longford Town and Wexford Youths 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
With 2 First Division wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Longford Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Longford Town with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Waterford United game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
In their previous game, the manager Henderson led his Longford Town to a defeat away at Galway United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bishopsgate Stadium. As you see from the result above, Longford suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Finn Harps (2-3).Longford Town aren't scoring a lot here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. Longford have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Wexford Youths form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Wexford Youths, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Finn Harps (placed 8th) last time out.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Galway United.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wexford Youths have scored 14 goals in 10 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Wexford in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other previously this campaign: Wexford Youths - Longford Town 0-3. Longford Town-Wexford Youths H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Longford Town seven wins, Wexford Youths three wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dobbs 11 goals |  J. Giurgi 5 goals | B. Whitmarsh 3 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Wexford Youths missing players
| Longford Town | Wexford Youths | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 85% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 55% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 15% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 25% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 40% |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9 | 8.4 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 37% |
| 10.7 | 10.3 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in First Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (12) 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 | Galway United | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 49 | 55 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 38 | 42 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -6 | 25 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Kerry | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -43 | 6 |
