Longford Town – UCD

Longford Town and UCD have met 5 times down the years, and the overall balance favours UCD, who have won 2 of those games to 1, with 2 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. The numbers suggest an entertaining watch: 1.8 goals per match on average, 20% of encounters going beyond two and a half, and both teams scoring in 40% of them. The pattern has been fairly consistent across the sample above. Venue has shaped plenty of these results. Longford Town read 1-1-1 at home against this side, whereas UCD sit on 1-1-0 on their own turf, a split that is worth keeping in mind before the teams line up again. Recent weeks help frame expectations. Longford Town bring 2 wins from their past 5 and 1.4 goals per game, with UCD on 3 wins from 5 and 2.6 a game, a snapshot that may count for as much here as the long-term record. Taken together, the split works out at roughly 20% for Longford Town, 40% drawn and 40% for UCD. It is the kind of record that rewards the favourite more often than not, without ever making the outcome a certainty. Longford Town and UCD are due to meet again on 27.10.2026, the next instalment in a fixture with plenty of history behind it. The record above offers a guide, but as ever the result will be settled on the pitch rather than on paper.