Waterford United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Dundalk.
The visiting Dundalk played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.
Waterford's stadium, Waterford Regional Sports Centre, has a grass surface. Dundalk have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Dundalk when playing on grass; 22 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 36 matches. They have scored 59 goals in these games and conceded 29.
Waterford United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Waterford United have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 351 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Smith was the last player to find the net.
The home team returns to Waterford Regional Sports Centre after being equal after 90 minutes with Cork City (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Premier Division game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Waterford lost 0-1 at home to Shelbourne.
The Waterford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dundalk form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Dundalk have produced an overall stat of 4-0-3 so far. Dundalk love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Home advantage was not enough for Dundalk in their previous game, as they lost their Europa League-match, hosting Molde, 1-2. Preceding that game was the away Premier Division victory against Derry City with the score of 2-1.
The schedule is very tough for Dundalk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Arsenal is waiting in only four days.
The Dundalk manager S. Keegan has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Dundalk in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Dundalk - Waterford 2-2, played this season. Waterford United-Dundalk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waterford United one win, Dundalk eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 9 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |  J. Martin 3 goals |
Waterford United missing players
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| Waterford United | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 21 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 69% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 25 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 70 | 161 |
| 33 | 15 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 61 |
| 48% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | 39% |
- All of Dundalk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dundalk has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Premier Division
- Dundalk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dundalk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dundalk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 5 | Derry City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Cork City | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 10 |