Home advantage could prove decisive in UCD - Cobh Ramblers battle

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: UCD Bowl (3000 seats)

After the first game it's UCD - Cobh Ramblers 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second First Division game of the season?

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!

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UCD form and stats

The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at UCD Bowl, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Bohemians game.

UCD drew their last game, 1-1 away at Wexford Youths (placed 5th). Preceding that match was a Premier Division defeat to Shamrock Rovers (0-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how UCD have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost zero.

Last season, UCD's league statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 27 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Premier Division. Over these 36 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 82. Playing at home last season UCD managed 5-1-12 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 30 conceded.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

Cobh Ramblers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Drogheda United proved too strong as Cobh Ramblers slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Coleman's Park. A 1-3 loss hosting Longford Town before that.

Cobh Ramblers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

Let's have a look at how Cobh Ramblers performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 18/33 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

UCD-Cobh Ramblers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: UCD four wins, Cobh Ramblers four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

UCD missing players

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
UCD Cobh Ramblers
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 3
3 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 1
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
UCD Last season Cobh Ramblers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   13 27
5 5   Won W   2 8
4 1   Drew D   4 7
27 12   Lost L   7 12
25 17   Scored S   18 38
82 30   Conceded C   33 51
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
75% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 70%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 59%
28% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 44%
19% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 26%
33% 33%   BTTS BTTS   69% 67%
17% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 11%
58% 50%   Failed to Score F T   31% 26%
 
3.4 3.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
5.9 6.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.5
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
245 118   Total Shots T S   105 210
102 55   Shots on Target S O   49 100
22% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cabinteely 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Longford Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wexford Youths 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
9 Cobh Ramblers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Shamrock Rovers II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 36 27 5 4 73 18 18 16 2 0 43 8 18 11 3 4 30 10 55 86
2 Shamrock Rovers 36 23 6 7 62 21 18 12 4 2 32 7 18 11 2 5 30 14 41 75
3 Bohemians 36 17 9 10 47 28 18 11 3 4 34 15 18 6 6 6 13 13 19 60
4 Derry City 36 15 12 9 56 34 18 9 4 5 31 15 18 6 8 4 25 19 22 57
5 St Patrick's 36 14 10 12 29 35 18 7 5 6 13 16 18 7 5 6 16 19 -6 52
6 Waterford United 36 12 7 17 46 53 18 6 4 8 26 26 18 6 3 9 20 27 -7 43
7 Sligo Rovers 36 10 12 14 38 47 18 5 8 5 19 17 18 5 4 9 19 30 -9 42
8 Cork City 36 9 10 17 29 49 18 4 7 7 16 23 18 5 3 10 13 26 -20 37
9 Finn Harps 36 7 7 22 26 64 18 6 3 9 19 24 18 1 4 13 7 40 -38 28
10 UCD 36 5 4 27 25 82 18 5 1 12 17 30 18 0 3 15 8 52 -57 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shelbourne 27 19 3 5 50 19 13 10 2 1 30 8 14 9 1 4 20 11 31 60
2 Drogheda United 27 16 3 8 59 36 13 8 2 3 29 15 14 8 1 5 30 21 23 51
3 Longford Town 27 16 3 8 41 23 13 10 0 3 22 8 14 6 3 5 19 15 18 51
4 Cabinteely 27 14 8 5 39 28 14 8 2 4 21 18 13 6 6 1 18 10 11 50
5 Bray Wanderers 27 14 4 9 44 26 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 5 2 7 19 14 18 46
6 Limerick 27 10 6 11 33 41 14 7 4 3 22 15 13 3 2 8 11 26 -8 36
7 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 7 12 38 51 14 6 3 5 20 18 13 2 4 7 18 33 -13 31
8 Galway United 27 7 5 15 36 42 14 4 3 7 21 21 13 3 2 8 15 21 -6 26
9 Athlone Town 27 4 6 17 30 61 14 2 4 8 18 35 13 2 2 9 12 26 -31 18
10 Wexford Youths 27 2 5 20 22 65 13 2 3 8 11 23 14 0 2 12 11 42 -43 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cabinteely 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Drogheda United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Longford Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 UCD 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wexford Youths 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bray Wanderers 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
9 Cobh Ramblers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Shamrock Rovers II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.