Dundalk have taken 15 of their 26 in total here in their home stadium. Will more points be won versus UCD?
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier Division
It's no vacation for neither Dundalk nor UCD as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dundalk form and stats
The story so far in the Premier Division for Dundalk at their home stadium (Oriel Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The followers are hoping that Dundalk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st).
Prior to that, an away loss at St Patrick's.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dundalk as they are travelling to their away game against Cork City in the Premier Division. That match is four days after this one.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dundalk defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
UCD form and stats
There's been little loot from UCD's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 9 away games in the Premier Division. UCD only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for UCD as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Dundalk match.
The manager Myler was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue UCD Bowl. UCD suffered a 1-3 loss to St Patrick's (placed 4th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Drogheda United wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where UCD played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier Division trip to Shamrock Rovers.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 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.
Head 2 Head
Dundalk and UCD have faced off previously this season: UCD - Dundalk 0-2. Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: seven wins for Dundalk, two draws and one win for UCD. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Tulloch 5 goals |  P. Hoban 4 goals | J. Martin 3 goals |
Dundalk missing players
UCD missing players
| Dundalk | UCD | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 25 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 41 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 78% |
| 58% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 61% |
| 26% | 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 53% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 44% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 36% | 42% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 11.4 | 10.3 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 17.6 | 14.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
- All of Dundalk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundalk have scored more than double the goals of UCD.
- Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- UCD have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UCD have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest points (1) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier Division
- UCD have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier Division
- UCD have the most conceded goals (24) 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 the worst goal difference (-19) away in Premier Division
- UCD have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premier Division
- UCD have yet to win a game away.
- UCD haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- UCD is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Derry City | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Bohemians | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Shelbourne | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Dundalk | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Cork City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | UCD | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -31 | 6 |
