Statistics people will highlight a noteworthy contrast in performance between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Waterford United in front of Bray Wanderers by 15 points.
- Waterford United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (16) in First Division
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's wish for an energetic game!
Waterford United form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 First Division games here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre for Waterford United. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brian Murphy not having conceded a league goal in 233 minutes.
Waterford United's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Treaty United (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Waterford "killed" Treaty United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Longford Town.Waterford United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 0 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Waterford after this match as they are travelling to Athlone Town for a First Division game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Waterford United in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Waterford United have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the First Division. It's three draws from Bray Wanderers's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Galway United with 1-5 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Galway United was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Longford Town that ended 1-1.After this away game Wanderers return home for a First Division game against Wexford Youths. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bray Wanderers - Waterford United 1-4 was the output when these squads last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waterford five wins, three draws and Bray Wanderers two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Patterson 10 goals | L. Britton 8 goals | J. Quitirna 4 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Waterford United | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 83% |
| 81% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 44% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 28% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 9.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 47% | 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 6.9 | 6.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (16) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (10) in First Division
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have scored more than double the goals of Bray Wanderers.
- Waterford United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in First Division
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waterford United is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Cork City | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 40 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -14 | 17 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -26 | 9 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -24 | 5 |
