Longford Town vs Derry City match preview: Even contest expected at Bishopsgate Stadium

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

A new Premier Division season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Longford Town and Derry City. Bring it on!

It should be mentioned that Derry City play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Derry City on grass are 12 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats from 38 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-57. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Longford Town form and stats

Longford Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Longford Town scored 1 goal and let in 2 goals during these one game.

It's the first season at a new level for Longford as they were promoted from First Division last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from 18 games. The team scored 14 goals at home last season and conceded 15. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Derry City form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Derry City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Derry City have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Derry City has scored 1 goal and conceded 0 times.

Let's have a look at how Derry City performed last season in the Premier Division: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 6/10 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Longford won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Derry City has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Longford Town missing players

Derry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Longford Town Derry City
Total Home vs top 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%
Longford Town Last season Derry City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 9   Played P   9 18
11 4   Won W   1 5
2 1   Drew D   3 5
7 4   Lost L   5 8
31 14   Scored S   6 18
26 15   Conceded C   10 18
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
80% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 78%
55% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 28%
30% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 6%
10% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
45% 56%   BTTS BTTS   44% 44%
35% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 33%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   44% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.5 0.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
2.6 1.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.3 7.9
0.9 0.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.1
169% 350%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 32%

  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 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shamrock Rovers 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 Waterford United 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 Drogheda United 18 12 3 3 39 17 9 6 0 3 19 9 9 6 3 0 20 8 22 39
2 Bray Wanderers 18 12 2 4 30 13 9 6 1 2 14 3 9 6 1 2 16 10 17 38
3 UCD 18 9 3 6 44 29 9 5 1 3 21 12 9 4 2 3 23 17 15 30
4 Longford Town 18 9 2 7 26 23 9 4 1 4 14 15 9 5 1 3 12 8 3 29
5 Galway United 18 7 6 5 26 19 9 2 3 4 8 12 9 5 3 1 18 7 7 27
6 Cobh Ramblers 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 3 2 4 13 16 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 27
7 Cabinteely 18 8 2 8 22 33 9 3 1 5 8 17 9 5 1 3 14 16 -11 24
8 Shamrock Rovers II 18 4 3 11 21 28 9 2 2 5 11 16 9 2 1 6 10 12 -7 15
9 Wexford Youths 18 3 3 12 13 39 9 1 3 5 4 15 9 2 0 7 9 24 -26 13
10 Athlone Town 18 3 3 12 21 43 9 1 1 7 10 27 9 2 2 5 11 16 -22 12
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 18 15 3 0 44 7 9 7 2 0 25 4 9 8 1 0 19 3 37 48
2 Bohemians 18 12 1 5 23 12 9 6 0 3 13 7 9 6 1 2 10 5 11 37
3 Dundalk 18 7 5 6 25 23 9 3 4 2 10 11 9 4 1 4 15 12 2 26
4 Sligo Rovers 18 8 1 9 19 23 9 6 0 3 15 11 9 2 1 6 4 12 -4 25
5 Waterford United 18 7 3 8 17 22 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 3 2 4 8 13 -5 24
6 St Patrick's 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 2 3 4 7 11 -3 21
7 Derry City 18 5 5 8 18 18 9 4 2 3 12 8 9 1 3 5 6 10 0 20
8 Finn Harps 18 5 5 8 15 24 9 3 2 4 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 13 -9 20
9 Shelbourne 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
10 Cork City 18 2 5 11 10 30 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 0 3 6 4 20 -20 11

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 Derry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Drogheda United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundalk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shamrock Rovers 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 Waterford United 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.