This fixture features two sides living in the cellar of the First Division, Wexford Youths at 8th spot and Longford Town in 7th. A nice chance for one of the contenders to boost their position.
- Wexford Youths have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wexford Youths form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division this season. Wexford Youths have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Ferrycarrig Park. When Wexford Youths hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Wexford Youths, Finn Harps and Kerry), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Wexford Youths are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 207 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Dunne).
The Wexford Youths regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Ferrycarrig Park: A 0-3 defeat against Longford Town (placed 7th).
Heartbreak before that as Wexford lost 0-2 at Galway United's place.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 goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wexford here at Ferrycarrig Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Longford Town form and stats
Playing away, Longford Town have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the First Division this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Longford Town, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Longford Town, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Wexford Youths (placed 8th) last time out.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Treaty United.We have checked recent matches where Longford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The visiting Longford Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Longford in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wexford Youths - Longford Town 0-3 was the outcome when this pair of squads previously met, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Wexford Youths won three games, zero matches ended with a tie and Longford Town have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dobbs 5 goals |  J. Giurgi 5 goals | A. Robinson 3 goals |
Wexford Youths missing players
Longford Town missing players
| Wexford Youths | Longford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 80% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 40% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 13% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 32% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 48% | 37% |
| 10.1 | 10.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Longford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Longford Town have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division
- Wexford Youths have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Wexford Youths | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 14 |
| 10 | Kerry | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -29 | 5 |
