Longford Town will pray that their home support is enough to get at least a draw from this gruelling meeting, against high-flying Shamrock Rovers.
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (20) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Premier Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shamrock Rovers are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Longford Town form and stats
Longford Town's struggle is real here at Bishopsgate Stadium with only 9 points collected from 15 Premier Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-10. Longford has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager D. Doyle and the players.
Longford are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Drogheda United.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Bohemians (1-4).No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Longford Town had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost two. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Longford lost one similar game by at least two goals.
Longford Town aren't scoring a lot here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Longford Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
Shamrock Rovers's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Shamrock Rovers collect 31 points from their 15 away matches in the Premier Division. 10 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 4 defeats).
Shamrock played 1-1 against Bohemians in their previous match.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Sligo Rovers.As mentioned earlier, Shamrock will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in six wins (two by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
Shamrock Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shamrock are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head meeting ended Shamrock Rovers - Longford Town 1-0, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Longford Town won one game, one match ended in a draw and Shamrock Rovers have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Mandroiu 10 goals |  R. Gaffney 9 goals |  G. Burke 8 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Longford Town | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| 57 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 53% | 71% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 39% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 6% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | 55% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 47% | 35% |
| 47% | 53% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 31% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | 34% |
- 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 (20) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) 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 (26) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals (57) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most points (31) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the most points from losing position (22) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have the the best goal difference (+26) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shamrock Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 66 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 46 |
| 4 | Derry City | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 45 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 39 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -10 | 37 |
| 9 | Waterford United | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -18 | 36 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -37 | 14 |