Longford Town played 1-4 against Drogheda United last week, a game to remember. Next up is this strong Shamrock Rovers side.
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Longford Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier Division this season. Longford Town have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Bishopsgate Stadium. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
Longford Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Drogheda United (1-4).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Sligo Rovers.Longford have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Longford defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Shamrock Rovers form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier Division.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus Sligo Rovers with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dundalk wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The travelling fans enjoy Shamrock's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Shamrock as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shamrock Rovers - Longford 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Longford Town won one game, one match ended with a draw and Shamrock Rovers has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  R. Gaffney 5 goals |  D. Mandroiu 4 goals |  G. Burke 4 goals |
Longford Town missing players
Shamrock Rovers missing players
| Longford Town | Shamrock Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.4 | 6.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8 | 10.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 32% |
- Longford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Shamrock Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Shamrock Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
- Shamrock Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Division
- Shamrock Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sligo Rovers | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | St Patrick's | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Drogheda United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 | Finn Harps | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Derry City | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -15 | 7 |
| 10 | Waterford United | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 6 |