Examine their own game or look more at the opposition? Both Athlone Town and Bray Wanderers have to try something different than earlier. Read more!
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (51) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Athlone Town form and stats
With 1 First Division win, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Athlone Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Athlone Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cobh Ramblers and Athlone Town), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Athlone Town to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager Lennon led his Athlone Town to a defeat away at Wexford Youths. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Athlone Town Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Athlone Town lost 2-5 at home to Waterford United.Goal party? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had three goals or more.
Athlone Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Athlone Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Athlone Town have allowed the opposition to score 26 goals here at Athlone Town Stadium.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
2-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bray Wanderers in their First Division matches away.
The manager Devlin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Carlisle Grounds. Bray Wanderers suffered a 1-3 loss to Cork City (placed 1st).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Wexford Youths.Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bray Wanderers as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The most recent logged history featuring both these contenders is the Bray Wanderers - Athlone 3-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Athlone Town victories, two draws and five Bray Wanderers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Lynch 6 goals |  T. Oluwya 5 goals | G. McAuley 3 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Athlone Town | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 51 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 71% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 48% |
| 35% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 33% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 70% | 90% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 24% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 8.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.4 | 8.2 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 27% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 13.2 | 12.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
- All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athlone Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Athlone Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athlone Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals (51) in First Division
- Athlone Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bray Wanderers have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division
- Bray Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (11) in First Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cork City | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 35 | 49 |
| 2 | Galway United | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Longford Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Wexford Youths | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Treaty United | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 7 | Bray Wanderers | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -17 | 18 |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -29 | 9 |
| 9 | Athlone Town | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -29 | 5 |
