First Division match preview: Treaty United believed to be the weaker party when Waterford United pays a visit

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Wed 26.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Markets Field (5000 seats)

Waterford United bring their bags for Treaty United and Markets Field full of happy thoughts, but the home side is not a walk in the park. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Treaty United have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the most scored goals (70) in First Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

L L L D D

Treaty United form and stats

Overall First Division statistics at home this season for Treaty United are 7-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Curran was the last player to score a league goal for Treaty United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Treaty United haven't scored in 260 minutes.

Treaty United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Wexford Youths.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Derry City in the FAI Cup.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Treaty as they are travelling to their away game against Waterford United in the First Division. That match is three days after this one.

Treaty United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

W L W W W

Waterford United form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the First Division. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Treaty United.

Waterford won their last game, 4-2 versus Athlone Town played at home. A bonkers match with lots of goals last time out for Waterford United, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as gleeful?

The game before was the FAI Cup-duel against Shelbourne, a home defeat (0-1).

Observe that 12 of this club's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

A quick return to home after this game, as Waterford United are hosting Treaty United in the First Division only three days away.

The Waterford United manager Searle has got the team scoring on the road, with 40 away goals in 16 league matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the match result Waterford United - Treaty 3-0 logged in the official records. Numbers for the prior five meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Treaty United, zero draws and three wins for Waterford United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Waterford UnitedP. Patterson
P. Patterson
17 goals
Treaty UnitedE. Curran
E. Curran
12 goals
Waterford UnitedJ. Quitirna
J. Quitirna
9 goals

Treaty United missing players

Waterford United missing players

Treaty United Waterford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
11 7 0 Won W 3 10 20
11 4 1 Drew D 1 3 4
10 5 3 Lost L 0 3 8
37 22 3 Scored S 9 40 70
43 25 13 Conceded C 3 16 34
84% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
50% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 72%
22% 31% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 38%
9% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
44% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
34% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 34%
38% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 12%
 
4.3 3.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 5.1
5.3 5.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.1 4.3
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9 9.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.4 10.9
3.5 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.2 4.8
33% 36% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 48% 45%
 
10.5 11.1 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 7.9 7.3
4.5 5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 3.4
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Treaty United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Treaty United have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in First Division
  • Treaty United have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First Division
  • Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Waterford United have the most matches over the total-line (20) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the most scored goals (40) away in First Division
  • Waterford United have the most scored goals (70) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in First Division
  • Waterford United have the the best goal difference (+24) away in First Division
  • Waterford United is in the best form (5-0-1) 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

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.