Martin O'Neill: Republic of Ireland manager expects 'tight' qualification campaign
Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill expects their World Cup qualifying campaign to be "very tight" after beating Austria.
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League Table & Stats
 England League Championship
| Home | Away | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GD | Pt | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | Reading | 46 | +67 | 106 | L0-1 | L1-3 | |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 46 | +30 | 90 | D1-1 | L1-2 | |
| 3 | Watford | 46 | +24 | 81 | L0-3 | L0-1 | |
| 4 | Preston North End | 46 | +29 | 80 | D0-0 | W1-0 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 46 | +19 | 78 | L0-1 | D0-0 | |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 46 | +19 | 75 | L1-3 | L0-2 | |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | 46 | +8 | 67 | L1-3 | D0-0 | |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | -3 | 63 | L0-1 | W2-1 | |
| 9 | Norwich City | 46 | -9 | 62 | W3-1 | L1-2 | |
| 10 | Luton Town | 46 | -1 | 61 | W2-1 | W3-2 | |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 46 | -1 | 60 | L0-3 | L0-3 | |
| 12 | Southampton | 46 | -1 | 58 | L1-2 | L0-2 | |
| 13 | Stoke City | 46 | -9 | 58 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | -7 | 56 | D0-0 | L1-2 | |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | -13 | 56 | D2-2 | W4-1 | |
| 16 | Leicester City | 46 | -8 | 54 | W3-2 | L2-4 | |
| 17 | Burnley | 46 | -8 | 54 | W1-0 | L0-1 | |
| 18 | Hull City | 46 | -6 | 52 | L0-3 | W1-0 | |
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | -13 | 52 | D0-0 | W2-0 | |
| 20 | Derby County | 46 | -14 | 50 | L1-2 | L1-2 | |
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | -15 | 50 | L1-2 | W2-1 | |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | -29 | 42 | W2-0 | W2-1 | |
| 23 | Millwall | 46 | -27 | 40 | W2-1 | W1-0 | |
| 24 | Brighton and Hove A | 46 | -32 | 38 | W3-0 | W5-1 | |
| Stoke City | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 13th | 22nd | 6th |
| Played | 46 | 23 | 23 |
| Won | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| Drawn | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Lost | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 14th | 21st | 1st |
| Record (W-D-L) | 2-1-3 | 2-1-3 | 3-2-1 |
| Goals (F-A) | 12-9 | 6-8 | 12-6 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 12th | 18th | 4th |
| Goals scored | 54 | 24 | 30 |
| Failed to score | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| Since failing to score | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 16th | 21st | 10th |
| Goals conceded | 63 | 32 | 31 |
| Clean sheets | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 16th | 22nd | 8th |
| Goal difference | -9 | -8 | -1 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 10th | 11th | 6th |
| Goal total | 117 | 56 | 61 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 27 | 14 | 13 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 19 | 9 | 10 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | won last game | ||
| Home | w/o win in last 3 | ||
| Away | won last game | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 3-1-4 | 2-2-3 | 4-2-5 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 5-9 | 3-5 | 4-7 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
L1-2 |
L0-1 L0-3 L1-2 more |
L1-2 |
| Occurence | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Stoke City | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English League Championship | 13th | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 63 | -9 | .448 |
| English FA Cup | Fifth Round | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 |
| English League Cup | First Round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| TOTAL | 51 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 58 | 67 | -9 | .453 | |