Competition: Irish First Division
Market: Over 1.5 goals
Odds: 3/10 @ BetUS
Two camps who have their sights firmly set on booking their own play-off tickets this season, UC Dublin will host Wexford on Friday night.
Starting with the hosts, making an immediate return to winning ways earlier in the week as they claimed a 2-1 victory away at Athlone, UC Dublin will be looking to use that comeback as a platform to build on. Sat firmly in the driving seat to punch another play-off spot this season, William O’Connor’s side will still be hoping to find some recent stability. Watching their FAI Cup adventure come to a thumping end on July 18th as they fell to a 3-0 drumming against the Finn Harps, they have now collected consecutive wins across any competition on just a single occasion since the end of May. Despite signing off July with a routine 3-0 victory away at Kerry, UC Dublin have also drastically failed to find any kind of fluidity on home soil. In what has become a remarkable run, O’Connor’s camp have registered just a pair of wins in front of their own supporters so far this calendar year.
As for the visitors, while Wexford might know that they can move within touching distance of the play-off places this weekend, Stephen Elliot’s side are in the midst of what has been a worrying rut. Last seen making an immediate return to losing ways as they fell to a 4-0 drumming at the hands of Cobh, the Youths have mustered just a single win from any of their previous six appearances across all competitions and they have once again failed to find any kind of stability this season. Watching their respective FAI Cup adventure come to an end on July 18th as they fell to another 4-0 defeat against Shamrock Rovers, Friday’s guests have now shipped 12 goals in just their last four outings. It should also be highlighted, gaining a reputation for their glaring issues on the road, Wexford have lost their previous four straight matchups away from Ferrycarrig Park by an aggregate score of 12-2.
Bet: Over 1.5 goals at UC Dublin vs Wexford 3/10 for Friday’s Irish First Division matchup @ BetUS