Finally! The First Division season opener for these participants, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Wexford Youths or Waterford United get that crucial first win?
Wexford Youths form and stats
Last season, Wexford Youths's league stats were 10 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 6th spot in the First Division. Over these 32 matches they scored {45 goals} and conceded 47. Playing as the home side in the last season Wexford Youths managed 5-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 29 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Wexford Youths friendly games in pre-season: Wexford Youths played four friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Wexford Youths scored {5 goals} and conceded 8 in these four games.
Waterford United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Waterford United performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 40/16 goals scored/conceded.
Waterford played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these three matches Waterford United scored 3 and conceded {3 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Wexford Youths-Waterford United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wexford Youths one win, Waterford United eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Wexford Youths missing players
Waterford United missing players
| Wexford Youths | Waterford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford Youths | Last season | Waterford United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 12 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 47 | 80 | ||
| 47 | 29 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 83% | ||
| 59% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 74% | ||
| 34% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 23% | ||
| 59% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 34% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 11% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 48% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athlone Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Finn Harps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Galway United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kerry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Longford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Treaty United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |