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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

Waterford United are ready to challenge Longford Town in this First Division match. Everything you should learn about the match is found right here!

Insights:
  • Waterford United have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in First Division

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Waterford United form and stats

Perfect First Division season at home so far for Waterford United 2 wins from 2 appearances. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre.

The club members are hoping that Waterford will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Treaty United (placed 5th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Cork City.

Waterford United has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Longford Town form and stats

Only one away game in the First Division so far for Longford Town and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 13 losses from 18 travels.

Longford Town had fun at their own home (Waterford Regional Sports Centre) last time out, beating Galway United 2-1. Craven and Verdon scored.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Wexford Youths with the score of 3-0.

Longford Town have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Waterford United victories, two draws and two Longford Town wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waterford UnitedJ. Quitirna
J. Quitirna
4 goals
Waterford UnitedP. Patterson
P. Patterson
2 goals

Waterford United missing players

Longford Town missing players

Waterford United Longford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 3 2 Scored S 0 3 6
9 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
83% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
17% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.8 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 4.5
3.2 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.5
2.3 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9.8
4.5 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.8
41% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 55%
 
8 8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 8.5
3.7 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2.5
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Waterford United have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home 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 7 5 1 1 18 2 4 3 0 1 8 2 3 2 1 0 10 0 16 16
2 Galway United 6 4 1 1 11 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 13
3 Waterford United 6 3 1 2 11 9 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 8 8 2 10
4 Longford Town 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 7
5 Treaty United 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 6 3 0 7
6 Wexford Youths 6 2 1 3 7 13 3 1 0 2 3 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 -6 7
7 Bray Wanderers 6 2 1 3 4 11 3 0 1 2 1 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 -7 7
8 Cobh Ramblers 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 4
9 Athlone Town 5 0 0 5 7 16 3 0 0 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 6 -9 0

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.