Longford Town got a 0-1 score against Shamrock Rovers in their previous fixture, a game to learn from. Next up is this bright St Patrick's side.
- Longford Town have the fewest scored goals (20) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier Division
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier Division.
Longford Town have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premier Division. St Patrick's are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Longford Town form and stats
With 2 Premier Division wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from their home games, Longford Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Longford Town with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Dundalk game, 48 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Stress levels are on the rise for Longford Town's attacking players as they have now played 233 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Williams was their last goal scorer.
Longford's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Shamrock Rovers (placed 1st).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Drogheda United (0-2).The manager D. Doyle will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sligo Rovers in only three days.
Longford aren't scoring a lot here at Bishopsgate Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.
St Patrick's form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, St Patrick's have produced an overall stat of 5-5-6 so far.
B. King scored in Patrick's's previous match, the home game against Dundalk that ended 1-0.
Before that, Patrick's secured a home win against Dundalk with the score 3-1.After this away game Patrick's return home for a Premier Division game against Bohemians. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Patrick's have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 22 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Patrick's have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams meet this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: St Patrick's - Longford 3-2. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Longford won zero games, two matches ended with a tie and St Patrick's managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  C. Forrester 8 goals |  M. Smith 8 goals | R. Coughlin 7 goals |
Longford Town missing players
St Patrick's missing players
| Longford Town | St Patrick's | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 48 |
| 58 | 27 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 34 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 77% |
| 42% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | 45% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | 29% |
| 13% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 13% |
| 45% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 69% | 55% |
| 10% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 19% | 32% |
| 48% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 39% | 44% |
- 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 (27) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals (58) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Premier Division
- Longford Town have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Premier Division
- Longford Town is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- St Patrick's have scored more than double the goals of Longford Town.
- St Patrick's have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier Division
- St Patrick's 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 69 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 56 |
| 3 | Sligo Rovers | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 47 |
| 4 | Derry City | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Bohemians | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Dundalk | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 39 |
| 8 | Waterford United | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -17 | 39 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -10 | 38 |
| 10 | Longford Town | 31 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -38 | 14 |