Premier Division preview with statistics: Longford Town welcomes Bohemians to Bishopsgate Stadium

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

Here's everything you need to know, and some more, before watching the Longford Town - Bohemians fixture!

Insights:
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (19) in Premier Division
  • Bohemians have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.

Longford Town and Bohemians should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Longford Town form and stats

Longford Town's struggle is real here at Bishopsgate Stadium with only 9 points collected from 14 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-9.

Longford faced defeat in their previous match, away at Derry City (0-3).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dundalk.

Longford have scored 8 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Longford have conceded 22 from these games.

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Bohemians form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Bohemians have produced an overall stat of 4-2-7 so far.

Bohemians play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Dundalk (placed 8th).

A loss against Finn Harps was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Bohemians have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Bohemians have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the squads met earlier this season; Bohemians - Longford 1-1. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Longford won zero, Bohemians were winners in six and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BohemiansG. Kelly
G. Kelly
16 goals
BohemiansL. Burt
L. Burt
9 goals
LongfordD. Grimes
D. Grimes
4 goals

Longford Town missing players

Bohemians missing players

Longford Town Bohemians
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 6 13 27
2 2 1 Won W 3 4 11
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
18 9 2 Lost L 3 7 11
19 8 3 Scored S 5 13 44
51 22 7 Conceded C 5 18 35
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 74%
43% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 59%
25% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
46% 29% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 56%
11% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 30%
46% 57% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 15%
 
3.4 3.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 4.8
6.4 6.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.2 3.4
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.7
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6 6.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.4 11.3
2.1 1.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.8
32% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 24% 34%
Key stats in Premier Division this season:
  • Bohemians have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
  • Bohemians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bohemians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Longford Town have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest points (9) at home in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (19) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the most conceded goals (51) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Premier Division
  • Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Premier Division
  • Longford Town is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 8 4 1 22 10 14 10 1 3 22 10 24 59
2 St Patrick's 28 15 5 8 46 33 14 11 0 3 25 11 14 4 5 5 21 22 13 50
3 Sligo Rovers 28 13 6 9 33 24 14 6 3 5 19 11 14 7 3 4 14 13 9 45
4 Derry City 28 11 9 8 39 34 15 4 7 4 22 19 13 7 2 4 17 15 5 42
5 Bohemians 27 11 5 11 44 35 14 7 3 4 31 17 13 4 2 7 13 18 9 38
6 Drogheda United 28 10 7 11 40 35 14 5 4 5 19 15 14 5 3 6 21 20 5 37
7 Finn Harps 28 10 6 12 31 38 13 4 2 7 13 17 15 6 4 5 18 21 -7 36
8 Dundalk 28 9 7 12 35 40 14 6 2 6 19 20 14 3 5 6 16 20 -5 34
9 Waterford United 28 10 2 16 25 46 14 5 2 7 13 23 14 5 0 9 12 23 -21 32
10 Longford Town 28 2 8 18 19 51 14 2 3 9 8 22 14 0 5 9 11 29 -32 14

Read more about Premier Division

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.