Premier Division: Dundalk believed to overpower UCD

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oriel Park (6000 seats)

A new Premier Division campaign is ready to start and this is the first proper match for Dundalk and UCD. Let's get started!

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Dundalk form and stats

The previous season, Dundalk's league stats were 18 wins, 12 draws and 6 losses, providing 3rd position in the Premier Division. From these 36 matches they scored {53 goals} and let in 30. Appearing as the home side in the former season Dundalk delivered 12-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 13 conceded.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dundalk home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dundalk, who have participated in four training matches. Dundalk have won 2 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.

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UCD form and stats

Let's have a look at how UCD performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded {67 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 14/38 goals scored/conceded.

You'll want to know how UCD managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 4 home wins.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. UCD have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: eight wins for Dundalk, one draw and one win for UCD. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Dundalk missing players

UCD missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dundalk UCD
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid 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
Dundalk Last season UCD
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
18 12   Won W   3 6
12 5   Drew D   3 8
6 1   Lost L   12 22
53 35   Scored S   14 28
30 13   Conceded C   38 67
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
64% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 83%
50% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 47%
19% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 19%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
44% 50%   BTTS BTTS   39% 44%
44% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 11%
25% 11%   Failed to Score F T   50% 50%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.4
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6.5
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
6 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.2 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   5.6 6.3
3.9 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.8
37% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 28%
 
9.3 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14 12.4
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 UCD 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 Shamrock Rovers 36 24 7 5 61 22 18 16 2 0 39 10 18 8 5 5 22 12 39 79
2 Derry City 36 18 12 6 53 27 18 8 7 3 28 13 18 10 5 3 25 14 26 66
3 Dundalk 36 18 12 6 53 30 18 12 5 1 35 13 18 6 7 5 18 17 23 66
4 St Patrick's 36 18 7 11 57 37 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 8 4 6 29 21 20 61
5 Sligo Rovers 36 13 10 13 47 44 18 8 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 24 3 49
6 Bohemians 36 12 10 14 45 46 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 5 5 8 20 23 -1 46
7 Shelbourne 36 10 11 15 40 49 18 5 6 7 23 25 18 5 5 8 17 24 -9 41
8 Drogheda United 36 9 11 16 34 58 18 7 6 5 20 21 18 2 5 11 14 37 -24 38
9 UCD 36 6 8 22 28 67 18 3 5 10 14 29 18 3 3 12 14 38 -39 26
10 Finn Harps 36 4 8 24 33 71 18 3 4 11 17 28 18 1 4 13 16 43 -38 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cork City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shelbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 St Patrick's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 UCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The League of Ireland Premier Division, also known as the SSE Aitricity League Premier Division, is the highest level of football in the Republic of Ireland. It also has teams from Northern Ireland participating. The season runs from February to October with ten teams playing 36 matches each.