IRELAND | FIRST DIVISION MATCHES

 Bray Wanderers DLWDLL

Bray Wanderers will be hoping for a better result following the 3-4 First Division defeat last time out to Wexford.

For Bray Wanderers, goals were scored by Cristian Măgerușan (9') and Shane Griffin (23'). Aaron Dobbs (28') scored for Wexford.

It has not been often in recent times that Bray Wanderers have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Bray Wanderers have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 13 goals during that time. That being said, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern will persist in this match or not.

Longford Town

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In the game prior to this, Longford Town drew 3-3 in the First Division match with Athlone.

The only scorer from Longford Town was Adam Wixted (4'). Jarlath Jones (45' Own goal) and Dean Ebbe (60', 69') scored for Athlone.

Looking at their form, and Longford Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 12 goals overall. In defence, Longford Town could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this encounter, Longford Town haven't been beaten by Bray Wanderers when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very decent away record against them.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings going back to 10/06/2022 tells us that Bray Wanderers have won 0 of these and Longford Town 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The Seagulls and 11 belonging to The Town. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was First Division match day 35 on 14/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Longford Town 2-2 Bray Wanderers.

ℹ️ Team News: Longford Town

With a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Longford Town manager Stephen Henderson does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this game.

✨ Prediction 2.5 Over 

Our feeling is that Bray Wanderers will probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Longford Town could well find it tough to score a goal of their own although we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 margin for Bray Wanderers at full-time