Can Dundalk beat Waterford United in Oriel Park clash?

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Mon 01.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oriel Park (6000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Oriel Park clash with Waterford United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier Division table.

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Waterford United have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 1-0-5 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.

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Dundalk form and stats

Dundalk, who have the most points (29) at home in Premier Division, have been outstanding at home so far with 9 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Dundalk has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sligo Rovers defeat. In general it's been a long time since Dundalk tasted defeat here at Oriel Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.

A good away victory last time out for Dundalk, who won 1-0 against Shamrock Rovers. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Finn Harps.

Dundalk are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Division match at Derry City awaits in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Dundalk are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 matches. Dundalk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oriel Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.

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Waterford United form and stats

Waterford United have only collected 8 points from their away games after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Waterford United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bohemians that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bray Wanderers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

After this away game Waterford United return home for a Premier Division game against St Patrick's. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Waterford United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Waterford United have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Waterford United - Dundalk 0-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 9 - 0 - 1 (Dundalk wins - draws - Waterford United wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Hoban
11 goals / 1 assists
M. Duffy
7 goals
A. Drinan
7 goals

Dundalk missing players

Waterford United missing players

Dundalk Waterford United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played 2 9 19
16 9 3 Won 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew 1 2 5
2 0 0 Lost 1 5 8
41 23 6 Scored 1 11 27
11 6 1 Conceded 2 16 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 78% 84%
73% 73% 67% Over 1.5 50% 78% 79%
50% 64% 67% Over 2.5 50% 67% 63%
18% 27% 0% Over 3.5 0% 44% 37%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 33% 21%
36% 45% 33% BTTS 50% 44% 42%
59% 55% 67% Clean Sheets 50% 44% 47%
9% 0% 0% Failed To Score 50% 33% 26%
 
6.4 8 8.3 Corners For (avg) 3 3.9 4.4
3.3 2.6 2.7 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 5.1 5.2
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 1.3 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • 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.
  • Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Waterford United have scored away.
  • Dundalk have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dundalk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Dundalk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Waterford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Dundalk
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
24-05-19 PD Dundalk 1 - 0 St Patrick's
27-05-19 LC Dundalk 3 - 1 UCD
31-05-19 PD Dundalk 4 - 0 Sligo Rovers
08-06-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 3 Dundalk
28-06-19 PD Shamrock Rovers 0 - 1 Dundalk
01-07-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Waterford United
05-07-19 PD Derry City 18:45 Dundalk
10-07-19 CL Dundalk 18:45 Riga
17-07-19 CL Riga 16:30 Dundalk
19-07-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Cork City
Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies FAI Cup
All Home Away
11-05-19 PD Waterford United 3 - 3 Sligo Rovers
17-05-19 PD Finn Harps 3 - 2 Waterford United
24-05-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 0 UCD
27-05-19 LC Bray Wanderers 0 - 1 Waterford United
28-06-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 2 Bohemians
01-07-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Waterford United
05-07-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 St Patrick's
13-07-19 PD Sligo Rovers 19:00 Waterford United
19-07-19 PD Waterford United 19:00 Finn Harps
26-07-19 PD UCD 18:45 Waterford United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dundalk 21 15 4 2 40 11 11 9 2 0 23 6 10 6 2 2 17 5 29 49
2 Shamrock Rovers 21 14 2 5 33 14 10 7 2 1 18 5 11 7 0 4 15 9 19 44
3 Bohemians 21 11 4 6 25 16 11 6 2 3 15 10 10 5 2 3 10 6 9 37
4 Derry City 20 8 7 5 30 21 9 5 1 3 15 8 11 3 6 2 15 13 9 31
5 St Patrick's 22 8 7 7 18 19 12 6 3 3 11 10 10 2 4 4 7 9 -1 31
6 Sligo Rovers 21 6 8 7 20 27 11 3 5 3 9 10 10 3 3 4 11 17 -7 26
7 Cork City 21 6 6 9 18 25 9 2 4 3 7 9 12 4 2 6 11 16 -7 24
8 Waterford United 18 6 5 7 26 26 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 0 23
9 UCD 19 3 1 15 13 34 10 3 1 6 11 14 9 0 0 9 2 20 -21 10
10 Finn Harps 22 2 4 16 18 48 11 2 1 8 13 22 11 0 3 8 5 26 -30 10

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