Athlone Town will aim to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 3 points behind Cobh Ramblers.
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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
When playing at home in the First Division, Athlone Town have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
The Athlone Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Treaty United here at Athlone Town Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in three league matches.
Before that match, a win away at Kerry.A decent goal production from Athlone Town in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Athlone Town have conceded 13 goals.
Cobh Ramblers form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Cobh Ramblers have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far.
The Ramblers goalkeeper Lee Steacy is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 274 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cobh Ramblers go into this game after a win, the home game against Waterford United that ended 1-0. Crazy, but still true: this side has played three consecutive league games with the result 1-0!
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Treaty United.Cobh Ramblers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.
Ramblers find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Cobh Ramblers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Athlone Town have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Cobh Ramblers.Cobh Ramblers - Athlone Town 2-2 was the output when this pair of teams previously met, earlier this season. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 13 goals |  J. Doherty 8 goals | V. Dolia 6 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Cobh Ramblers missing players
| Athlone Town | Cobh Ramblers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 33 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 30 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 65% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 50% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 33% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 35% |
| 8.3 | 7 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
- Athlone Town 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 | Galway United | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 49 | 55 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 38 | 42 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 6 | Wexford Youths | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -6 | 25 |
| 7 | Treaty United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | Longford Town | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Kerry | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -43 | 6 |
