National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derry City or Athlone Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Derry City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Athlone Town have had more rest.
Derry City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier Division, Derry City have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.
Derry's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 against HB. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to HB (Europa Conference League).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa Conference League game versus KuPS in only three days. This game is also played here at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
Derry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Derry City have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Athlone Town form and stats
Athlone Town was sent out of FAI Cup in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Athlone failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Galway United that ended with defeat 0-1.
Preceding that game was the away First Division victory against Wexford Youths with the score of 4-1.Athlone Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. Athlone Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Derry City have not lost in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) against Athlone Town.Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 15 goals | V. Dolia 7 goals |   J. McEneff 6 goals |
Derry City missing players
Athlone Town missing players
| Derry City | Athlone Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | St Patrick's | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Derry City | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Bohemians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Dundalk | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Shelbourne | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sligo Rovers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Cork City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 10 | UCD | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 39 | -50 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galway United | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 51 | 62 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 43 | 46 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Finn Harps | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 25 |
| 10 | Kerry | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | -46 | 6 |
