Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Athlone Town & Dundalk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.
19-5-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Dundalk when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 37 matches are 57-38 (scored/conceded).
Athlone Town form and stats
Athlone Town was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FAI Cup.Athlone Town's results here at Athlone Town Stadium in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 7 defeats. With Athlone having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Carberry. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Athlone Town to get some points in this home game.
The Athlone Town supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Shelbourne in FAI Cup and win 4-1. Preceding that match was the home First Division game against Bray Wanderers that was lost 0-1.
D. George was absolutely essential when Athlone Town beat Shelbourne 4-1, scoring three goals.
Athlone has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for conceded goals, Athlone's unpleasant statistic is 27 goals surrendered. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. Athlone have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dundalk form and stats
Dundalk's mission in FAI Cup last season failed in the final.As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Dundalk have produced an overall stat of 4-1-4 so far. Total FAI Cup statistics for Dundalk: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bohemians at their stadium, the result 4-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Dundalk manager F. Giovagnoli as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Molde.
The travelling fans enjoy Dundalk's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Dundalk have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Athlone Town wins - draws - Dundalk wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hoban 10 goals |  R. Manning 8 goals | M. Duffy 4 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Dundalk missing players
| Athlone Town | Dundalk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 62 | 38 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 41% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Drogheda United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | UCD | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Galway United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Cobh Ramblers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Cabinteely | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 8 | Shamrock Rovers II | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 13 |
| 10 | Athlone Town | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Sligo Rovers | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Waterford United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Derry City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | Shelbourne | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Cork City | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 11 |