Longford Town vs Drogheda United Prediction & Betting Tips

Longford Town will host visiting club Drogheda United at City Calling Stadium in the First Division tie on Saturday.

All Longford Town v Drogheda United game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.

📊 Form Guide

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Longford Town, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 First Division success vs Shamrock Rovers II.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Longford Town haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that The Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals on the way.

Going into this contest, Longford Town are unbeaten in the league by Drogheda United in their last 4 matches.

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Drogheda United head into the clash following a 5-1 First Division win as they beat Cabinteely in their previous outing.

Tim Clancy's Drogheda United have turned their attacks into goals a total of 12 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches comes to 7.

Coming into this meeting, Drogheda United are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 15/06/2018 shows that Longford Town have won 5 of these and Drogheda United 1, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 12 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 from The Town and 3 being from The Drogs. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

🗞️ Team News: Longford Town

Longford Town manager Daire Doyle will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game owing to a completely healthy group to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Drogheda United

Owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, Drogheda United boss Tim Clancy doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

🔮 Prediction

Drogheda United and Longford Town won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore see a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 10:13 09/09/2020