First Division: Athlone Town are 1 points behind Bray Wanderers, but fully intend to go all in. Get ready!
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bray Wanderers have the most clean sheets (6) in First Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Athlone Town form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Athlone Town have to build on here at Athlone Town Stadium in the First Division. Athlone 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.
The Athlone Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Cork City here at Athlone Town Stadium in a First Division match.
Heartbreak before that as Athlone lost 1-2 at Galway United's place.Athlone Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Athlone Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Athlone have conceded 9 from these games.
Bray Wanderers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (6) in First Division, on their First Division travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
D. Craven, J. Doyle (2) and C. Clifford scored in Wanderers's previous match, the home game against UCD that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Bray Wanderers was the only team on the pitch versus UCD in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Shelbourne.The visiting Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Athlone Town and Bray Wanderers have met before this season: Bray Wanderers - Athlone 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Athlone two wins, three draws and Bray Wanderers five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Doyle 4 goals |  J. Doona 3 goals | S. Barnes 3 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Bray Wanderers missing players
| Athlone Town | Bray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 6.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 13.7 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 10.1 |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 28% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 33% |
- All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bray Wanderers have the most clean sheets (6) 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 | Shelbourne | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Treaty United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | UCD | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Galway United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Cabinteely | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 18 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Athlone Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Cork City | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cobh Ramblers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Wexford Youths | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -20 | 3 |