Bishopsgate Stadium: Longford Town vs Sligo Rovers Premier Division preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bishopsgate Stadium (6850 seats)

The Premier Division season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Longford Town and Sligo Rovers promises to be an interesting one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Longford Town form and stats

Longford Town have only played one Premier Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from 9 matches.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Derry City in a game that was won 2-0.

Late drama in the game against Bohemians as Longford were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until C. Davis popped out and made it level in the 86th minute. D. Doyle made a very successful substitution after 0-2 minutes in the game against Bohemians, bringing on C. Davis who later scored two goals to force the draw 2-2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Longford Town at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Sligo Rovers form and stats

Only one away game in the Premier Division so far for Sligo Rovers and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 losses from 9 travels.

It's early days yet, but Sligo Rovers has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Longford Town wins - draws - Sligo Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sligo RoversR. Parkes
R. Parkes
2 goals
Longford TownJ. Gorman
J. Gorman
1 goals
LongfordD. Grimes
D. Grimes
1 goals

Longford Town missing players

Sligo Rovers missing players

Longford Town Sligo Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 0 2 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 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
1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 11
5.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 33%
Longford Town Last season Sligo Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 9   Played P   9 18
11 4   Won W   2 8
2 1   Drew D   1 1
7 4   Lost L   6 9
31 14   Scored S   4 19
26 15   Conceded C   12 23
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
80% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 67%
55% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 44%
30% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 22%
10% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
45% 56%   BTTS BTTS   0% 33%
35% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 22%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   78% 50%
 
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   2.9 2.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
2.6 1.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 7.1
0.9 0.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.9
169% 350%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 36%

  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 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Longford Town 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
3 Sligo Rovers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
4 St Patrick's 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Drogheda United 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
6 Shamrock Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Bohemians 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
8 Dundalk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
9 Waterford United 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
10 Derry City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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

Read more about Premier Division

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.