The First Division meeting at Bishopsgate on Saturday will see home team Longford Town ready themselves for the challenge from opponents UCD.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Longford Town v UCD, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Longford Town
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Longford Town will be hoping for a better result following the 2-1 First Division losing effort in their last game against Kerry.
Vincent Borden (87') was the scorer for Kerry.
Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Longford Town have been involved. Their opponents scored 13 of them in this period whereas Longford Town managed a tally of 10.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Longford Town:
- have left without a victory over UCD in games played at home for the previous 5 league games.
- have left without a victory over UCD in their last 10 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
UCD
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UCD head into the meeting following on from a 2-0 First Division win with the downing of Cobh Ramblers in their previous game.
Andy Myler's UCD have had reason to celebrate scoring 12 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 7.
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Head to head
An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 12/04/2025 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Longford Town. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever while UCD have been too good for them, getting wins in 67% of those games played.
A sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 2 for The Town and 8 belonging to The Students. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was First Division match day 13 on 01/05/2026 which ended up with the score at UCD 2-0 Longford Town.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Longford Town may well find it hard to score goals against this UCD side who we reckon should score & stay on top.
Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for UCD at the end of this one.
Looking forward to this.
Peter Guest,
10:05 01/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Longford Town
Formed: 1924
Stadium: Bishopsgate (5,097)
Captain: Sam Verdon
Chairman: Jim Hanley
Manager: Stephen Henderson
Competitions: First Division position 7, FAI Cup (Second Round)