Waterford United vs UCD: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Republic of Ireland Premier Division
Date: Fri 25.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Waterford Regional Sports Centre (5500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier Division, Waterford United holding 7th place and UCD lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Waterford United and UCD should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Waterford United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For UCD it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Waterford United form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Waterford United have to build on here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the Premier Division.

In their previous game, the manager A. Reynolds led his Waterford United to a defeat in the Premier Division match away at Finn Harps. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Waterford Regional Sports Centre. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stenhousemuir (2-3).

Waterford United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 17 attempts. 24 goals have been conceded.

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UCD form and stats

There's been little loot from UCD's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 17 away games in the Premier Division. UCD, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Premier Division, only have 0 wins to counter their 14 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved UCD have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 18 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Drogheda United game. UCD are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Bohemians fixture.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier Division home defeat versus Shamrock Rovers with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Cork City's place.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from UCD's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 17 matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on UCD's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 48 goals in 17 travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result UCD - Waterford United 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 1 - 5 (Waterford United wins - draws - UCD wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waterford UnitedZ. Elbouzedi
Z. Elbouzedi
5 goals
UCD
Y. Mahdy
5 goals
Waterford UnitedC. Galvin
C. Galvin
4 goals

Waterford United missing players

UCD missing players

Waterford United UCD
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
11 5 2 Won W 0 0 5
7 4 0 Drew D 1 3 4
17 8 2 Lost L 3 14 26
42 22 7 Scored S 2 6 23
51 24 3 Conceded C 8 48 78
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 91%
77% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 74%
57% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 59% 54%
23% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 26%
14% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 24% 17%
46% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 31%
34% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 17%
31% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 71% 60%
 
4.7 5 7.8 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 3.4 3.3
5.4 5 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.8 6
1.7 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.2
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • UCD have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • UCD have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • UCD have yet to win a game away.
  • Waterford United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as UCD have scored away.

Waterford United
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Challenge Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
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 0 - 1 Dundalk
04-10-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 2 Waterford United
08-10-19 PD Waterford United 2 - 0 Sligo Rovers
11-10-19 CC Stenhousemuir 3 - 2 Waterford United
18-10-19 PD Finn Harps 1 - 0 Waterford United
25-10-19 PD Waterford United 20:45 UCD
UCD
All Premier Division League Cup First Division Leinster Senior Cup FAI Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
30-08-19 PD UCD 0 - 5 Dundalk
07-09-19 FAI Sligo Rovers 4 - 0 UCD
13-09-19 PD St Patrick's 0 - 0 UCD
20-09-19 PD UCD 0 - 2 Sligo Rovers
24-09-19 LSC UCD 4 - 1 Crumlin United
30-09-19 LSC Athlone Town 3 - 2 UCD
04-10-19 PD Finn Harps 0 - 0 UCD
11-10-19 PD Cork City 3 - 2 UCD
18-10-19 PD UCD 0 - 3 Shamrock Rovers
25-10-19 PD Waterford United 20:45 UCD

  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 35 26 5 4 69 18 17 15 2 0 39 8 18 11 3 4 30 10 51 83
2 Shamrock Rovers 35 22 6 7 59 21 17 11 4 2 29 7 18 11 2 5 30 14 38 72
3 Bohemians 35 16 9 10 45 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 18 6 6 6 13 13 18 57
4 Derry City 35 14 12 9 52 34 17 8 4 5 27 15 18 6 8 4 25 19 18 54
5 St Patrick's 35 14 10 11 29 31 18 7 5 6 13 16 17 7 5 5 16 15 -2 52
6 Sligo Rovers 35 10 12 13 37 45 18 5 8 5 19 17 17 5 4 8 18 28 -8 42
7 Waterford United 35 11 7 17 42 51 17 5 4 8 22 24 18 6 3 9 20 27 -9 40
8 Cork City 35 9 10 16 29 46 18 4 7 7 16 23 17 5 3 9 13 23 -17 37
9 Finn Harps 35 7 7 21 26 60 18 6 3 9 19 24 17 1 4 12 7 36 -34 28
10 UCD 35 5 4 26 23 78 18 5 1 12 17 30 17 0 3 14 6 48 -55 19

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