The First Division league table tells a tale about these squads up until now, with Waterford United ahead of Cobh Ramblers by 15 points. Get your full match preview:
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active match!
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United have collected 10 points from their First Division home games so far after 3-1-2.
A strong away win for Waterford United against Bray Wanderers the last match, as Griffin, Britton (2) and Patterson were on target.
Before that, Waterford United had a home game versus Athlone Town which ended with a victory 1-0.Waterford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
There's been little loot from Cobh Ramblers's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the First Division. Cobh Ramblers only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Cobh Ramblers failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Galway United (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-4. Cobh Ramblers lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bray Wanderers.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Ramblers we find 4 games. Results are 0 Cobh Ramblers wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Cobh Ramblers have the goal stats of 6-12 (for/against) from 6 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past history involving both these sides is the Cobh Ramblers - Waterford United 0-4 played previously this season. Waterford United-Cobh Ramblers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waterford five wins, Cobh Ramblers three wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Patterson 8 goals | L. Britton 6 goals |  B. Whitmarsh 5 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Cobh Ramblers missing players
| Waterford United | Cobh Ramblers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 77% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 7.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 44% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 28% |
| 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8 | 8.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4.7 |
- Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cobh Ramblers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cobh Ramblers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cobh Ramblers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Galway United | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 12 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 8 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
