Bohemians 4:0 Longford Town: Match Result

Match report

Bohemians put four past Longford Town in the Irish Cup Round of 16 on Saturday evening. The result sends the home side through to the quarter-finals with a comfortable 4-0 victory at Dalymount Park. The visitors had nothing to show for their efforts after a match that opened quickly in the hosts' favour. And here's the thing about the opening exchanges — Vaughan didn't wait long to find the net. Six minutes in and the home side were ahead, capitalising on a moment of space in midfield. Whelan doubled the advantage before the half-hour mark, and by then the pattern was clear. Longford's Morahan picked up a yellow card in the fourteenth minute, but the cards were the least of their worries. The second half brought more of the same. Whelan struck again in the fifty-sixth minute, and Parsons wrapped things up with a late goal in stoppage time. There were plenty of changes on both sides — four substitutions for Bohemians around the hour mark alone. Longford's Myers was booked twice in quick succession before being replaced, and Devoy had already gone through the same routine. The statistics tell the story you'd expect. Bohemians enjoyed two-thirds of the possession and registered 118 attacks compared to Longford's 82. The shot count was telling too — five on target for the hosts against just one for the visitors. Longford did earn more free kicks, thirteen to seven, but that meant little when they couldn't find the final third. What this means for the Irish Cup is straightforward. Bohemians move into the last four with a performance that showed they're capable of stringing moments together. Longford Town's campaign ends here, after a season that has seen them win eight goals against Baldonnel United earlier in July. The gap between the two sides tonight was wider than the scoreline suggested — this was a match decided in three or four moments, and the rest was just noise.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 66 – 34

Shots on target 5 – 1

Shots off target 5 – 1

Attacks 118 – 82

⚽ 6' H. Vaughan — Goal 🟨 14' N. Morahan — Yellow card ⚽ 18' C. Whelan — Goal 🟨 41' D. Devoy — Yellow card 🟨 42' D. Devoy — Yellow card ⇄ 46' J. Hough — Substitution 🟨 50' Z. Myers — Yellow card 🟨 51' Z. Myers — Yellow card 🟨 51' Yellow card ⚽ 56' C. Whelan — Goal ⇄ 57' D. Williams — Substitution ⇄ 57' D. McKenna — Substitution ⇄ 63' H. Vaughan — Substitution ⇄ 63' R. Tierney — Substitution ⇄ 63' Z. Myers — Substitution ⇄ 63' P. Hickey — Substitution 🟨 73' S. Adenekan — Yellow card ⇄ 76' P. Manuel — Substitution ⇄ 76' S. Adenekan — Substitution ⇄ 76' D. Devoy — Substitution ⇄ 77' P. Manuel — Substitution ⇄ 77' S. Adenekan — Substitution ⇄ 77' D. Devoy — Substitution ⚽ 90+1' C. Parsons — Goal

Match events

6' 1:0 Bohemians Goal H. Vaughan assist: S. Diallo
14' 1:0 Bohemians Yellow card N. Morahan
18' 2:0 Bohemians Goal C. Whelan
41' 2:0 Bohemians Yellow card D. Devoy
42' 2:0 Bohemians Yellow card D. Devoy
46' 2:0 Longford Town Substitution J. Hough off: A. Byrne
50' 2:0 Bohemians Yellow card Z. Myers
51' 2:0 Bohemians Yellow card Z. Myers
51' 2:0 Bohemians Yellow card
56' 3:0 Bohemians Goal C. Whelan
57' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution D. Williams off: S. Ugbesia
57' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution D. McKenna off: J. Bailey
63' 3:0 Bohemians Substitution H. Vaughan off: P. Madden
63' 3:0 Bohemians Substitution R. Tierney off: J. Adam
63' 3:0 Bohemians Substitution Z. Myers off: C. Parsons
63' 3:0 Bohemians Substitution P. Hickey off: C. Byrne
73' 3:0 Longford Town Yellow card S. Adenekan
76' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution P. Manuel off: F. Campbell
76' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution S. Adenekan off: R. Dawson
76' 3:0 Bohemians Substitution D. Devoy off: A. McDonnell
77' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution P. Manuel off: F. Campbell
77' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution S. Adenekan off: R. Dawson
77' 3:0 Longford Town Substitution D. Devoy off: A. McDonnell
90+1' 4:0 Bohemians Goal C. Parsons

Statistics

66 Possession, % 34

5 Shots on target 1

5 Shots off target 1

118 Attacks 82

6 Corners 1

7 Free kicks 13

2 Offsides 1

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 7

21 Throw-ins 14

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