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Waterford — over 2.5 goals record & form (2026)

Waterford have gone over 2.5 goals in 16 of 33 league games this season (48%) — 38% at home, 59% away. They've scored 45 and conceded 56, so their matches average 3.06 goals, and both teams have scored in 61% of them. Record: 7-13-13 in the Premier Division, where the division average is 52% over 2.5.

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How Waterford's matches tend to go

Their games land close to the Premier Division norm for goals — 48% over 2.5 against a division average of 52%. That ranks them 7th of 10 for goals in their matches, 7th for scoring (1.36 a game) and 2nd for goals conceded (1.70). They've kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 10 times in 33 games.

Across 33 matches with half-time data, 54% of the goals in their games have come after the break (46 before, 55 after). Waterford themselves have scored 21 in first halves and 24 in second.

Season splits

PWDLGFGAO2.5O3.5BTTS
Overall3371313455648%39%61%
Home16493221938%31%63%
Away173410233759%47%59%

Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.

Scorelines and margins

Their most common result this season is 1–1 (6 times). Biggest win: 4–0 at home to Sligo Rovers (Fri 12 Jun). Heaviest defeat: 0–5 away at Dundalk. 9 of their 33 games have produced five goals or more. Current run: 3 straight matches over 2.5 goals.

Streaks read louder than they predict: our break study found a three-game goals run carries roughly ±4.6 points of signal — real, but small, and it resets entirely after a long lay-off.

Against last season

In 37 league games last season Waterford's matches went over 2.5 goals 59% of the time. This season they're running tighter at 48%, down 11 points on 33 games.

Last 10 league games

Fri 16 Octat Bohemians1–2O2.5
Fri 18 Septat Shamrock Rovers2–3O2.5
Mon 14 Septvs Derry City2–2O2.5
Fri 11 Septvs Dundalk1–1U2.5
Fri 28 Augat St Patrick's Athl.2–0U2.5
Fri 21 Augat Sligo Rovers0–0U2.5
Sun 9 Augvs Bohemians3–1O2.5
Sun 2 Augvs Shelbourne1–0U2.5
Sat 25 Julat Galway United0–0U2.5
Fri 10 Julvs St Patrick's Athl.1–1U2.5

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