This game involves two teams living in the lower section of the Premier Division, Longford Town having 10th spot and Dundalk lying 9th. A nice chance for one of the sides to better their situation.
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Longford Town have scored home.
This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Dundalk play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. The latest stats for Dundalk when playing on grass are 23 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats from 43 matches. They have scored 81 goals and conceded 49 times in these games.
Longford Town form and stats
With 1 Premier Division win, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Longford Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Longford who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 25 attempts. Their previous win was against Derry City, 175 days ago.
In their previous game, the manager D. Doyle led his Longford Town to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at St Patrick's. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bishopsgate Stadium.
A FAI Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at UCD.Longford have scored 7 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Longford defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Dundalk form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Dundalk have produced an overall stat of 3-5-4 so far.
Dundalk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Waterford United (placed 8th).
That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus St Mochtas in the FAI Cup.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier Division trip to Sligo Rovers.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dundalk have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. 17 goals have been conceded by Dundalk in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Dundalk - Longford 1-1, played this season. Longford-Dundalk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Longford Town zero wins, Dundalk six wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 6 goals |  D. Grimes 4 goals | D. McMillan 4 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Longford Town | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 48 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 42% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 50% |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 50% | 31% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 8% | 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 46% | 62% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 28% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | 30% |
- Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Longford Town have scored home.
- Dundalk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dundalk 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 (2) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 (48) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Derry City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -20 | 29 |
| 9 | Dundalk | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 26 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -30 | 11 |