Having a 5 point advantage in the league standings, Athlone Town supporters yearn to see their team win maximum points from this match against Finn Harps.
- Athlone Town have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in First Division
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Athlone Town form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Athlone Town have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.
The Athlone coach Castelo and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Bray Wanderers (placed 6th). Lamtoukou was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Bray Wanderers after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Waterford United.The Athlone Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Athlone Town have conceded 18 goals.
Finn Harps form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Finn Harps's last game was the home draw against Galway United (2-2).
Prior to that result Harps won their away game at Kerry. The scoreline was 2-1.After this away game Finn Harps return home for a First Division game against Treaty United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Finn Harps find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Finn Harps are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 15 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other before in this season, with the match result Finn Harps - Athlone 1-4 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Athlone Town victories, four draws and three Finn Harps wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 16 goals |   R. Flood 9 goals | J. Campion-Hinds 5 goals |
Athlone Town missing players
Finn Harps missing players
| Athlone Town | Finn Harps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 42 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 38 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 32 | 52 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 76% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 76% |
| 64% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 52% | 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 20% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 42% | 28% |
| 60% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 58% | 56% |
| 20% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 20% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 28% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 39% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 39% | 37% |
| 8.8 | 8.1 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.8 | 10.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Athlone Town have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in First Division
- Athlone Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Finn Harps have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Finn Harps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Finn Harps have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Finn Harps haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 54 | 66 |
| 2 | Waterford United | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 46 | 50 |
| 3 | Cobh Ramblers | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Wexford Youths | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 31 |
| 7 | Finn Harps | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 32 | -23 | 29 |
| 8 | Longford Town | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 9 | Treaty United | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -11 | 27 |
| 10 | Kerry | 25 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | -50 | 6 |
