First Division Stats
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GOALSCORING
While Sporting Fingal grabbed all the headlines with their demolition of Kildare County, which lifted some of their players up the scoring chart, it is UCD's Ciaran Kilduff who continues to lead the way.
The striker's penalty in Finn Park continued his record of having scored in every game, and with The Thoroughbreds next on the agenda for The Students, odds are likely to be short on him continuing this trend.
Athlone's Noel McGee brought his tally to three before seeing red late on in Lissywollen, where Willie John Kiely also netted his third of the campaign to move Stephen Henderson's side up to fifth.
The First Division continues, unsurprisingly, to lead the way in the entertainment stakes with a total of 63 goals at an average of 2.63 goals per game.
Sporting Fingal and Longford Town have both had six different players score for them to date.
A slight worry for Dermot Keely at Shelbourne may be the fact that goals are only coming from two sources so far, Anto Flood and Paddy Madden. He will need his squad to start chipping in with some goals if they are to maintain their challenge.
On the flip side, Shelbourne have gone 318 minutes without conceding a goal.
APPEARANCES
Below is a table showing the number of players each club has used to date:
Mark Forker of Finn Harps has been introduced as a sub in all four of the Donegal club's games.
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Home Wins 10 (42%)
Draws 5 (21%)
Away Wins 9 (38%)
While Sporting Fingal grabbed all the headlines with their demolition of Kildare County, which lifted some of their players up the scoring chart, it is UCD's Ciaran Kilduff who continues to lead the way.
The striker's penalty in Finn Park continued his record of having scored in every game, and with The Thoroughbreds next on the agenda for The Students, odds are likely to be short on him continuing this trend.
Athlone's Noel McGee brought his tally to three before seeing red late on in Lissywollen, where Willie John Kiely also netted his third of the campaign to move Stephen Henderson's side up to fifth.
| Scorer | Goals |
| Ciaran Kilduff | 5 |
| Noel McGee | 3 |
| Willie John Kiely | 3 |
| Eamonn Zayed | 3 |
| Conan Byrne | 3 |
| Anto Flood | 3 |
The First Division continues, unsurprisingly, to lead the way in the entertainment stakes with a total of 63 goals at an average of 2.63 goals per game.
Sporting Fingal and Longford Town have both had six different players score for them to date.
A slight worry for Dermot Keely at Shelbourne may be the fact that goals are only coming from two sources so far, Anto Flood and Paddy Madden. He will need his squad to start chipping in with some goals if they are to maintain their challenge.
On the flip side, Shelbourne have gone 318 minutes without conceding a goal.
APPEARANCES
Below is a table showing the number of players each club has used to date:
| Team | |
| Athlone Town | 18 |
| Finn Harps | 16 |
| Kildare County | 24 |
| Limerick FC | 18 |
| Longford Town | 16 |
| Mervue United | 18 |
| Monaghan United | 16 |
| Shelbourne | 15 |
| Sporting Fingal | 19 |
| UCD | 17 |
| Waterford United | 14 |
| Wexford Youths | 20 |
Mark Forker of Finn Harps has been introduced as a sub in all four of the Donegal club's games.
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Home Wins 10 (42%)
Draws 5 (21%)
Away Wins 9 (38%)
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