Dundalk greet UCD with belief in acquiring all three points. Will they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Dundalk is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dundalk form and stats
Home games in the Premier Division have been a walk in the park for Dundalk so far, with 26 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Ever since the Shamrock Rovers game Dundalk has been unbeatable here at Oriel Park producing seven straight wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nathan Shepperd not having conceded a league goal in 375 minutes.
Dundalk drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shelbourne (placed 7th).
Ahead of that match, Dundalk won a home game hosting Shamrock Rovers (1-0).Dundalk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oriel Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
UCD form and stats
UCD have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier Division, after 1-1-8 (10 played). UCD seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Derry City with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the UCD manager Myler faced defeat when travelling to St Patrick's and losing 1-2.With the hosts identified as having a victory probability of approximately 80% by the bookies, any beneficial result for the guesting team would be unexpected. Checking historical games with similar odds and UCD playing away, we found 6 results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The outsiders lost 4 of these fixtures by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting UCD as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that UCD concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. UCD has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
UCD - Dundalk 2-2 was the end result in these contenders' last head-to-head game, played this season. These squads fought hard and good when they last met each other. Both Boyle (Dundalk) and Leahy (Dundalk) were sent off. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Dundalk won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and UCD have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 8 goals | D. Kelly 5 goals |  S. Bradley 4 goals |
Dundalk missing players
UCD missing players
| Dundalk | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 28 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | 41 |
| 80% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 35% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 9.9 | 10 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
- Dundalk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Dundalk have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
- Dundalk is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier Division
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD have the fewest points (4) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (27) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-20) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Premier Division
- UCD haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 48 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Derry City | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 10 | UCD | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -29 | 9 |
