Soccer match preview: Dundalk confident before travelling to Waterford United

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 20.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

Struggling Waterford United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dundalk in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Dundalk's home stadium. The visitors last 38 games on grass have ended in 24 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses.

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Waterford United form and stats

4-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Division numbers at home for Waterford United so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Waterford United, who won 2-1 against Bohemians (placed 3rd). Preceding that match was a FAI Cup defeat to Dundalk (1-3).

The Waterford United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Waterford United have conceded 23 from these games.

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Dundalk form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (33) away in Premier Division, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier Division.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Derry City (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The League Cup match ended in a draw 2-2. Preceding that game was the away FAI Cup victory against Waterford United with the score of 3-1.

After this away game Dundalk return home for a Premier Division game against Shamrock Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Dundalk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 15 away games so far. Dundalk's manager V. Perth has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 7 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dundalk - Waterford United 3-0 earlier this season. Waterford United-Dundalk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waterford United 1 win, Dundalk 9 wins, 0 draws. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Hoban
13 goals
M. Duffy
10 goals

Waterford United missing players

Dundalk missing players

Waterford United Dundalk
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Away vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played 5 15 30
9 4 0 Won 4 10 23
7 4 1 Drew 1 3 5
15 7 3 Lost 0 2 2
38 20 3 Scored 14 28 63
49 23 9 Conceded 2 7 13
87% 93% 75% Over 0.5 100% 93% 97%
81% 80% 75% Over 1.5 100% 73% 73%
65% 60% 75% Over 2.5 60% 40% 53%
26% 27% 25% Over 3.5 40% 20% 23%
16% 13% 25% Over 4.5 20% 7% 7%
52% 53% 75% BTTS 40% 27% 30%
32% 33% 25% Clean Sheets 60% 67% 67%
29% 20% 25% Failed to Score 0% 13% 7%
 
4.7 5.1 4.5 Corners For (avg) 7 5.7 7
5.5 5.1 7 Corners Against (avg) 3 3.5 3.1
1.6 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.8 1.4 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Dundalk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Dundalk have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Club Friendlies Challenge Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD Waterford United 1 - 1 Derry City
02-09-19 PD Cork City 1 - 2 Waterford United
06-09-19 CC Waterford United 3 - 1 Hearts U21
09-09-19 FAI Waterford United 1 - 3 Dundalk
13-09-19 PD Bohemians 1 - 2 Waterford United
20-09-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Dundalk
04-10-19 PD St Patrick's 18:45 Waterford United
11-10-19 CC Stenhousemuir 18:35 Waterford United
11-10-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Sligo Rovers
18-10-19 PD Finn Harps 19:00 Waterford United
Dundalk
All Champions League Premier Division Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 PD UCD 0 - 5 Dundalk
02-09-19 PD Sligo Rovers 0 - 2 Dundalk
06-09-19 PD Dundalk 1 - 0 Cork City
09-09-19 FAI Waterford United 1 - 3 Dundalk
14-09-19 LC Derry City 2 - 2 Dundalk
20-09-19 PD Waterford United 18:45 Dundalk
23-09-19 PD Dundalk 18:20 Shamrock Rovers
04-10-19 PD Dundalk 18:45 Derry City
11-10-19 PD Bohemians 18:45 Dundalk
18-10-19 PD Cork City 18:45 Dundalk

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundalk 30 23 5 2 63 13 15 13 2 0 35 6 15 10 3 2 28 7 50 74
2 Shamrock Rovers 30 20 4 6 53 18 15 10 3 2 28 7 15 10 1 4 25 11 35 64
3 Bohemians 31 14 7 10 42 26 15 8 3 4 29 13 16 6 4 6 13 13 16 49
4 Derry City 30 12 11 7 45 29 14 7 3 4 22 12 16 5 8 3 23 17 16 47
5 St Patrick's 31 13 8 10 26 28 16 7 4 5 13 14 15 6 4 5 13 14 -2 47
6 Sligo Rovers 31 9 11 11 34 41 16 5 7 4 18 15 15 4 4 7 16 26 -7 38
7 Waterford United 31 9 7 15 38 49 15 4 4 7 20 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 -11 34
8 Cork City 30 7 9 14 25 39 15 2 6 7 12 21 15 5 3 7 13 18 -14 30
9 Finn Harps 31 6 5 20 25 59 16 5 2 9 18 24 15 1 3 11 7 35 -34 23
10 UCD 31 5 3 23 21 70 16 5 1 10 17 25 15 0 2 13 4 45 -49 18

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