The visiting Dundalk side should be favourites in this visit to UCD, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither UCD nor Dundalk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Dundalk have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 23-6-6 (win-draw-loss) from 35 matches.
UCD form and stats
The story so far for UCD at their home stadium (UCD Bowl) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.In their previous game, the manager C. O'Neill led his UCD to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Bohemians. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at UCD Bowl. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cork City in a game that was won 2-1.
The manager C. O'Neill will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St Patrick's in only four days.
UCD have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at UCD Bowl with 10 goals in 6 matches. UCD's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dundalk form and stats
As the visiting team Dundalk have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Dundalk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.The supporters enjoyed Dundalk's previous game versus Finn Harps, a Premier Division 3-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Bohemians.
A quick return to home after this game, as Dundalk are hosting Shamrock Rovers in the Premier Division only four days away.
The attacking power of Dundalk when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored in 5 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dundalk - UCD 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): UCD won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Dundalk has 8 wins.UCD missing players
Dundalk missing players
| UCD | Dundalk | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | Played | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 10 | Scored | 4 | 16 |
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 36% |
| 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 50% | Both teams to score | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 33% | Failed To Score | 40% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 4.9 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- UCD hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Derry City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | St Patrick's | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | Waterford United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Cork City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | UCD | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
