Wexford Youths supporters put their faith in manager Keddy to deliver victory against Cobh Ramblers

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 02.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ferrycarrig Park (2500 seats)

Wexford Youths are counting on their home crowd to assist them to do well in this meeting versus Cobh Ramblers. Who will win at Ferrycarrig Park?

Insights:
  • Wexford Youths haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cobh Ramblers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Wexford Youths form and stats

With 2 First Division wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Wexford Youths are certainly not brimming with confidence.

It's back home for Wexford Youths, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kerry away with the result 6-0. Furlong (2) and Dobbs found the net in that victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without. As mentioned above, Wexford "killed" Kerry in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Dobbs when beating Kerry, applying the finishing touch to four goals!

Preceding that match was the home game against Longford Town that was lost 0-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wexford Youths handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The manager Keddy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Treaty United in only three days.

Wexford Youths have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Wexford Youths have conceded 14 from these games.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cobh Ramblers in their First Division matches away.

Ramblers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bray Wanderers for a 2-2 draw.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Athlone Town.

We have checked recent matches where Cobh Ramblers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Goal alert! This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

A new game in only three days for Cobh Ramblers, the First Division home match versus Longford Town. Busy days.

Cobh Ramblers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Ramblers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wexford Youths and Cobh Ramblers have met previously this season: Cobh Ramblers - Wexford Youths 2-1. Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Wexford, one draw and five wins for Cobh Ramblers. Over 2,5 goals: ten times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

Wexford YouthsA. Dobbs
A. Dobbs
9 goals
Cobh RamblersJ. Doherty
J. Doherty
7 goals
Wexford YouthsA. Robinson
A. Robinson
3 goals

Wexford Youths missing players

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Wexford Youths Cobh Ramblers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 8 16
5 2 1 Won W 1 2 6
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 5
8 4 0 Lost L 0 3 5
19 7 4 Scored S 4 9 25
25 14 1 Conceded C 2 12 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 88%
62% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 62%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 44%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
38% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 56%
25% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 19%
44% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 31%
 
5.8 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.2 4
5.6 6.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 5.2
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8 8.6
3.2 2.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 4.4
37% 39% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 29% 35%
 
9.7 10.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.1 12.1
4.1 4.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 5.2
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Cobh Ramblers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wexford Youths 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 16 15 0 1 44 7 8 8 0 0 25 3 8 7 0 1 19 4 37 45
2 Waterford United 16 10 3 3 38 14 8 4 2 2 20 9 8 6 1 1 18 5 24 33
3 Bray Wanderers 16 6 6 4 21 23 8 4 2 2 12 10 8 2 4 2 9 13 -2 24
4 Cobh Ramblers 16 6 5 5 25 24 8 4 2 2 16 12 8 2 3 3 9 12 1 23
5 Athlone Town 16 6 2 8 28 27 7 3 1 3 13 10 9 3 1 5 15 17 1 20
6 Treaty United 16 5 4 7 21 25 8 3 0 5 10 17 8 2 4 2 11 8 -4 19
7 Longford Town 16 4 6 6 16 18 9 2 3 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 10 8 -2 18
8 Wexford Youths 16 5 3 8 19 25 8 2 2 4 7 14 8 3 1 4 12 11 -6 18
9 Finn Harps 16 4 5 7 17 31 8 1 4 3 8 14 8 3 1 4 9 17 -14 17
10 Kerry 16 1 2 13 12 47 8 0 2 6 5 20 8 1 0 7 7 27 -35 5

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.