It's advantage UCD so far with their 3rd position in the First Division table, welcoming Longford Town who are placed 4th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
UCD form and stats
UCD, who have the most scored goals (44) in First Division, have collected 16 points from their First Division home games so far after 5-1-3.
UCD shared the glory with Galway United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cabinteely in a game that was won 5-1.
UCD can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. On the other hand, UCD have conceded 12 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Longford Town form and stats
Playing away, Longford Town have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Division this season.
Two away games in a row for Longford Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wexford Youths in the First Division. A 0-1 loss hosting Cobh Ramblers before that.
Longford Town have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Longford as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Longford Town - UCD 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): UCD four wins, four draws and Longford Town two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Mahdy 15 goals |  C. Whelan 13 goals |  R. Manley 9 goals |
UCD missing players
Longford Town missing players
| UCD | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 44 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 89% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 78% |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 8 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 31 | 46 |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 147% | 100% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 67% | 88% |
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in First Division
- UCD has the most matches over the total-line (13) in First Division
- UCD has the most scored goals (21) at home in First Division
- UCD has the most scored goals (44) in First Division
- UCD has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in First Division
- UCD has the most scored goals in the second half (27) 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 | Drogheda United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | UCD | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Galway United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers II | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 12 |