It's fixture two of the First Division season and a lot to play for. Read our in-depth preview of Waterford United-Longford Town!
Waterford United and Longford Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Waterford United form and stats
The season before, Waterford United's league statistics were 20 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, producing 2nd position in the First Division. In these 32 matches they scored {70 goals} and let in 34. Appearing as the home team in the former season Waterford United delivered 10-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 18 conceded.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Waterford United, as their goalkeeper Paul Martin has completely shut out the opponents for 242 minutes in the First Division.
Happy days for Waterford United in their previous game, a fixture away at Wexford Youths (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. What a game it was for Aouachria when beating Wexford Youths, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
A Play-offs 1/2 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at UCD.Longford Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Longford Town performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 30/26 goals scored/conceded.
Longford have lots to remedy after their shock defeat (1-3) to Athlone Town in their previous game, played at home.
A 0-3 defeat away at Galway United before that.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Waterford United wins - draws - Longford Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Aouachria 3 goals |  D. Lynch 1 goals |
Waterford United missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Waterford United | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Waterford United | Last season | Longford Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 80 | 33 | Scored | S | 30 | 51 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 83% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 62% | ||
| 40% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 24% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 12% | ||
| 57% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 34% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 48% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 36% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Waterford United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Athlone Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Galway United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Finn Harps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Kerry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 36 | 64 |
| 3 | Galway United | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 60 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Treaty United | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 44 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
| 8 | Athlone Town | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 75 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 40 | -31 | 24 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -41 | 17 |
