🗞️ Match Preview | Dundalk FC vs Longford Town

Sean McGuinness
Aug 4
2 min read

📅 Date: Monday, August 4, 2025

⏰ Kick-off: 5.00PM

📍 Venue: Oriel Park

Dundalk FC return to Oriel Park on Bank Holiday Monday to round off a demanding double-header as they welcome Longford Town for Matchday 26 of the SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division.

The Lilywhites come into the game in strong form, having won their last two league outings. A thrilling 3-2 win over Wexford was followed by a hard-fought 1-0 victory away to UCD on Friday night, a result that saw Dundalk maintain their position at the top of the table on 55 points, six ahead of joint-second Cobh Ramblers and Bray Wanderers.

📉 Longford’s Form

Longford Town, currently 7th in the league on 25 points, arrive at Oriel on the back of consecutive defeats. They lost 2-1 at home to Bray and were beaten 3-1 away to Cobh on Friday night. With nine points separating them from the final playoff spot, held by Treaty United, Longford will be desperate to turn things around.

📊 Recent Meetings

The sides last met at Bishopsgate in April, where Dundalk produced a dominant second-half display to claim a 3-0 win, thanks to a Dean Ebbe brace (55’, 63’) and a late Andy Paraschiv goal (87’).

Earlier in the season at Oriel Park, the Lilywhites came from behind to earn a 2-1 win, with Ebbe scoring from the spot in the 29th minute and Eoin Kenny striking the winner in the 79th, after Longford had taken an early lead in the 18th minute.