Home team gets the points, the away team steals the points or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Athlone Town and Cobh Ramblers clash at Athlone Town Stadium.
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cobh Ramblers have not yet lost a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Athlone Town and Cobh Ramblers.
Athlone Town form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Athlone Town so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Athlone Town, who played 0-0 against Cobh Ramblers. That match was also played at this venue (Athlone Town Stadium).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bray Wanderers.This is expected to be a close game, with Athlone Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Athlone Town as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Athlone has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from Athlone Town in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Athlone Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Cobh Ramblers playing as the away team in the First Division this season. Visiting Cobh Ramblers has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Ramblers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Athlone Town for a 0-0 draw.
A loss against Waterford United was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cobh Ramblers playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Cobh Ramblers win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Cobh Ramblers's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Athlone, one draw and five wins for Cobh Ramblers. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Doherty 6 goals |  F. Pierrot 3 goals | J. Campion-Hinds 2 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Cobh Ramblers missing players
| Athlone Town | Cobh Ramblers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 78% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 78% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 80% | 44% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 8.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 7.4 | 6.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 9.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
- Athlone Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cobh Ramblers have not yet lost a game away.
- Cobh Ramblers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 24 |
| 2 | Bray Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Waterford United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | Cobh Ramblers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Treaty United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Kerry | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -16 | 2 |
