The First Division league table tells the truth about these sides so far, with Waterford United leading Longford Town by 24 points. Tipsway previews the game:
- Waterford United have the most scored goals (60) in First Division
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division
This looks to be an entertaining game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Waterford United form and stats
Waterford United are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Ever since the Wexford Youths game Waterford United has been unbeatable here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre producing four straight wins.
Waterford's previous game was also played at home, ending 6-1 versus Finn Harps (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Waterford United played a great game against Finn Harps and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cobh Ramblers.Waterford United are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Waterford Regional Sports Centre with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 5 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Waterford United has won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Waterford has won by at least two goals 3 times when in this position.
Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Waterford United is on fire here. A stunning 36 from 11 league matches.
Longford Town form and stats
Longford Town have only collected 9 points from their away games in the First Division, after 2-3-5 (10 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Henderson, the Longford manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Impressive finishing from Magerusan and Whitmarsh secured the home win 2-1 against Wexford Youths in their previous game. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Galway United wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.As opposed to that, Longford Town have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Oddly enough, the last time Longford kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opponent, six league matches ago (Longford Town - Waterford United 0-0). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waterford United five wins, four draws and Longford Town one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Coughlin 27 goals | R. Idowu 6 goals | S. Griffin 5 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Waterford United | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 60 | 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 71% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| 67% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 52% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 33% | 45% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 48% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 7.8 | 8 | 9.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.3 | 14.6 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 9.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 45% | 52% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 31% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Longford Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in First Division
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (12) in First Division
- Waterford United have created more than twice as many corners as Longford Town.
- Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Waterford United have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
- Waterford United have the most scored goals (60) in First Division
- Waterford United have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in First Division
- Waterford United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Waterford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 50 | 58 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 43 | 45 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -25 | 21 |
| 10 | Kerry | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 31 | -44 | 6 |
