First Division match prediction and preview for Athlone Town vs Cobh Ramblers clash

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Competition: Republic of Ireland First Division
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Town Stadium (6500 seats)

First Division: Top level against subpar, at least according to the table. Athlone Town - Cobh Ramblers. Home win as expected or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in First Division

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Athlone Town form and stats

Athlone Town have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the First Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. 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.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Wixted was the last player to find the net.

Athlone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Treaty United. Goalkeeper M. Schlingermann got the top rating on the team in that game; 0.0 out of ten. Schlingermann .

Prior to that, an away loss at Shelbourne.

Athlone can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Athlone Town have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Cobh Ramblers form and stats

As the visiting team in First Division matches, Cobh Ramblers have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far. It's a growing despair in Cobh Ramblers as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for Cobh Ramblers in their previous game, as they lost their First Division-match, hosting Shelbourne, 1-2. Goalkeeper S. Barron got the top player rating of the team with 0.0/10. Barron .

Prior to that match, the Ramblers manager S. Ashton faced defeat when travelling to Cabinteely and losing 0-1.

Cobh Ramblers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Cobh Ramblers have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Athlone Town-Cobh Ramblers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athlone two wins, Cobh Ramblers six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Athlone TownJ. Doona
J. Doona
2 goals
Athlone TownK. Byrne
K. Byrne
2 goals
AthloneA. Wixted
A. Wixted
2 goals

Athlone Town missing players

Cobh Ramblers missing players

Athlone Town Cobh Ramblers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 0 4 8
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
12 7 3 Scored S 0 4 6
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 5 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 88%
62% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 62%
25% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 17 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 8.2
5.1 7.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.8
29% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 27%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • All of Athlone Town's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cobh Ramblers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cobh Ramblers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cobh Ramblers have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in First Division
  • Cobh Ramblers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 5 3 0 15 8 4 2 2 0 7 5 4 3 1 0 8 3 7 18
2 UCD 8 4 4 0 21 7 5 2 3 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 12 2 14 16
3 Athlone Town 8 4 1 3 12 8 3 2 0 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 13
4 Treaty United 8 3 4 1 10 8 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 13
5 Galway United 8 3 3 2 13 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 8 3 5 12
6 Cabinteely 8 4 0 4 8 15 4 2 0 2 3 6 4 2 0 2 5 9 -7 12
7 Bray Wanderers 8 2 5 1 10 7 4 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 0 6 5 3 11
8 Cork City 8 2 2 4 9 8 4 2 0 2 8 5 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 8
9 Cobh Ramblers 8 1 2 5 6 16 4 0 1 3 2 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 -10 5
10 Wexford Youths 8 0 0 8 2 21 3 0 0 3 2 10 5 0 0 5 0 11 -19 0

Read more about First Division

The League of Ireland First Divsion, also known as the SSE Aitricity League First Division, is the second level division of football in the Republic of Ireland. It runs a summer league from February to October with ten teams. Each plays each other three times for a total of 27 fixtures to set the final league table.