It's early days in the Premier Division and both Longford Town and Drogheda United are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Longford Town and Drogheda United 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.
Longford Town form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Longford Town's two home games in the Premier Division so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Bishopsgate Stadium.
The Longford crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Sligo Rovers here at Bishopsgate Stadium in a Premier Division match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bohemians that finished 2-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Longford Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Longford Town as a small favourite), we find five games. Longford Town has won four of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Longford Town has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Drogheda United form and stats
Drogheda United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier Division were 6 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 9 fixtures.
Drogheda delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Finn Harps (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Premier Division game. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St Patrick's's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Drogheda United playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Drogheda United win, one draw and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Drogheda United has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Longford Town wins - draws - Drogheda United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gorman 1 goals | D. Grimes 1 goals |   D. Corcoran 1 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Drogheda United missing players
| Longford Town | Drogheda United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 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 |
| 1 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 10.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| Longford Town | Last season | Drogheda United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 78% | ||
| 55% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 10% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 22% | ||
| 45% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 35% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 33% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | ||
| 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 | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 169% | 350% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 170% | 109% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Finn Harps | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Waterford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Bohemians | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Derry City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 |