Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Athlone Town & Shelbourne face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FAI Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Athlone saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the First Division. This match was also played here at Athlone Town Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shelbourne have had more rest.
Athlone Town form and stats
Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Athlone Town's struggle is real here at Athlone Town Stadium with only 4 points collected from 9 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-7. Athlone Town has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager A. Carberry and the players. Three consecutive losses here at Athlone Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Athlone Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Bray Wanderers here at Athlone Stadium in a First Division match. A First Division defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Shamrock Rovers II.
Athlone Town 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. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Athlone having conceded 27 goals here at Athlone Town Stadium so far. 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.
Shelbourne form and stats
Last season their FAI Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.As the visiting team in Premier Division matches, Shelbourne have produced an overall stat of 3-1-5 so far.
Two away games in a row for Shelbourne, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Derry City in the Premier Division. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Sligo Rovers.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shelbourne have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. 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: zero - one - nine (Athlone Town wins - draws - Shelbourne wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Manning 8 goals | J. Reynolds 3 goals | T. Dogan 3 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Shelbourne missing players
| Athlone Town | Shelbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 159 | 128 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 155 | ||
| 67 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 71 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 26 |
| 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 | Athlone Town | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 38 |
| 2 | Bohemians | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Dundalk | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Waterford United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | Derry City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | St Patrick's | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Shelbourne | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Cork City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 10 |